Witchs Fingers
From brianna 15 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 50
This Halloween treat your gouls & goblins to these scary, buttery fingers. You are sure to get some smiles from these
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter - softened shopping list
- 1 cup icing sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1 tsp almond extract shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- 3/4 cup whole blanched almonds shopping list
- 1 tube (19g) red decorator gel shopping list
How to make it
- Sift together the flour, baking powder & salt.
- In bowl beat together butter, egg & almond & vanilla extracts.
- Beat in flour mixture.
- Cover & refrigerate for 30 mins.
- Working with 1/4 of the dough at a time ( keeping the rest in the fridge). roll heaping teaspoonful into finger shape, placing onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Press an almond firmly into end of each to make a nail.
- Press center to create knuckle shape & then make slashes across to form the knuckle.
- Bake in 325 degree oven for about 20 - 25 mins or until pale gold.
- Let cool for 3 mins on cookie sheet.
- Lift up almond on each & squeeze decorator gel onto nail bed & press almond back in place so the red gel oozes out around the nail.
- Remove onto wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with rest of dough.
- Makes about 60 cookies.
- After Halloween make them plain for a buttery sweet cookie for everyone.
- Prep-time includes refrigeration time.
The Rating
Reviewed by 16 people-
Great recipe. You made me chuckle. Laugh! *5* I can see this going over well holiday.
Thank you for sharing!
Tilgidh
tilgidh
in Blackshear loved it
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they Really are Witches Fingers !!!!LOL ^5
peetabear
in mid-hudson valley loved it
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These are cute!.... I mean, really scary!!!
morninlite
in Kalamazoo loved it
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