I made these witches' fingers using a traditional cookie recipe that we have had in our family for years. All I did was change the shape to make them look like fingers for our annual Halloween party. The cookies make a great conversation piece. My guests loved them!
Ingredients
- butter: 1 cup (softened)
- confectioners' sugar: 1 cup
- egg: 1 piece
- almond extract: 1 tsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- ⅔ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- whole almonds: 0.75 cup
- tube red decorating gel: 1 piece (.75 ounce)
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Stages of cooking
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Place softened butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl; beat together with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add flour, baking powder, and salt, continually beating until combined; refrigerate dough for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
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Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time onto a piece of waxed paper. Use the waxed paper to roll the dough into a thin finger-shaped cookie. Press one almond into one end of each cookie to give the appearance of a long fingernail. Squeeze cookie near the tip and again near the center of each to give the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into the dough with a sharp knife at the same points to help give a more finger-like appearance. Arrange the shaped cookies on the baking sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 to 25 minutes.
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Remove the almond from the end of each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red decorating gel into the cavity; replace the almond to cause the gel to ooze out around the tip of the cookie. JVarriano
