Witch Fingers Cookies for Halloween
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Recipe type: Cookies
Cuisine: Halloween
Serves: 30 cookies
 
Creepy fingers for Halloween! I will be making these EVERY YEAR!
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup icing sugar (you can also use regular sugar)
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 1⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • 30 pieces of sliced almonds (just have the pack handy)
  • 1 tbsp red jam (strawberry, raspberry etc.)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F (165C)
  2. Prepare parchment paper layered baking sheet
  3. Beat the butter with the sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a bowl using a stand mixer.
  4. Gradually add the flour and baking powder while still mixing the batter
  5. Refrigerate dough for about 10 minutes
  6. Remove dough from refrigerator and with a teaspoon scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time and roll into a thin (not too thin though) finger shaped cookie and place on baking sheet.
  7. Place a little bit of jam on the tip of each cookie (one at a time) and press one sliced almond onto the jam to form the "fingernail".
  8. Using a sharp knife, mark 3 lines in the middle and 2 lines right under the "nail"
  9. (almond) - these will be the knuckles.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color
  11. Bake for about 20-30 minutes
Recipe by Maya`s Kitchen at https://www.mayaskitchen.info/2011/10/31/witch-fingers-cookies-for-halloween/