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Witch Finger Cookies
With red stains, some dirt (simulated), these creepy fingers are right on your serving plate. They may look ghoulish but really soft and tastyโฆ…Aghhhh let make some!
Witch Finger Cookies
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 small egg
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup whole almonds with skins on
- Red food coloring
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
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ย In the bowl of a stand mixer, put butter, powdered sugar and the egg.
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ย ย Whisk until well combined.
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Add in salt, vanilla and cornstarch, mix well.
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Sift in flour and baking powder. Mix until obtain a nice soft dough (don't over mix).
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Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Take a small amount of dough and roll it out into a finger shape.
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Make knuckles by pressing in 2 places on the cookie finger with your index and middle Finger at the same time.
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Press almond in each finger cookie to make believe that it is a nail.
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Create wrinkles with a back of knife by making little lines for each knuckle around finger nails and halfway down the finger. Follow the sameย above steps for the rest of the dough.
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Place finger cookies in a non stick baking sheet and bake in a 350ยฐF preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
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Let cool for 5 minutes.
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Make cookie fingers creepier by dusting some coco powder on the cookies.
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Stain the other end of the cookie fingers with red food coloring by using your finger. Do the same around the cookie fingernails.
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Enjoy.
Recipe Notes
- You may need to add few drops of water to the red food coloring.