Need a scary treat for the scary day? I like to bring Witch Fingers... a slight departure of the traditional Peeled Grape Eyeballs or Spaghetti Brains. The recipe is pretty simple, and the effect is extremely fun. This is especially good for kids halloween parties!
Witch Finger Cookies
Yield: About 4-5 Dozen cookies, depending on how big you want your fingers
Ingredients:
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1 cup butter, softened
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1 cup sugar
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1 egg
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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2 1/2 cups flour
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 cup whole, blanched almonds
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1 tube red decorator gel
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
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Combine the flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.
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In another bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla. Once this is thoroughly mixed, beat in the dry ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
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Lightly spray a cookie sheet with non-sticky spray.
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Once the dough is chilled, work with one quarter of the dough at a time, keeping the rest in the fridge.
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Divide the quarter into heaping teaspoons full of dough. Roll these into finger shaped cookies. (My recommendation: If you pinch just a little of the dough about 1/3 from the top of the cookie, and pinch the dough about 1/3 from the bottom of the cookie, it will cause "knuckles" to appear...Then take a knife and make some slahes on the knuckles.)
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Make the cookies smaller than you believe they should be. The cookies will rise and if they are too big you will end up with fat witch fingers.
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Press one almond firmly onto the top of each cookie - these are the fingernails.
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Use the red food coloring to paint the nails red, if you want (You don't have to do this...I didn't last year and the almonds start to brown so they looked very creepy)
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Bake the cookies for 20-25 minutes, or until a golden color
ENJOY!!!
Did you try the recipe?
Try out my recipe above and enjoy! Then please come back and let me know what you thought of the recipes. You can even leave me comments at the bottom of the page! I enjoy learning about new tricks.. did you use food coloring to make them green? Did you display them with a witches head? Please leave a comment and let me know! Happy Halloween!
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