With red stains, some dirt (simulated), these creepy fingers are right on your serving plate. They may look ghoulish but really soft and tasty……Aghhhh let make some!
Witch Finger Cookies
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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In the bowl of a stand mixer, put butter, powdered sugar and the egg.
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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 same 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 350°F 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.
Kids always get a kick out of funny little treats like this. I can hear the squealing already! LOL
@Constance
Yes 🙂 ! LOL
These look super creepy! How perfect for a teenager’s Halloween party!
@Carmen
Teenagers will definitely like them!
OMG! You made them look so much like fingers. You are an artist and they look super gross in a good way!
Aww thanks Rezel!
OMG! You made them look so much like fingers. You are an artist!
How spooky and nasty lol! I just love them! My teen would really get a kick out of them!
@ April
Yes they are spooky, but tasty and I am pretty sure that your teen will devour them!
Fabulous Halloween treat! These witch’s fingers never fail to amuse me, and yours look so wonderful!
Aww thank you Azlin!
What an awesome idea for Halloween! Or actually, for any day for those who like creepy things (like me!) They also look super fun to make!
@Cynthia
Yes it’s a lot of fun to make them, thank you!
How spooky! I love the use of the red food coloring and cocoa powder. My kids would love these.
@Tara
Yes they look spooky, I personally hesitated to eat the ones with red stains lol!
Oh my goodness, those are perfect! I wonder if small children would be scared to eat them?! I can picture some sibling shenanigans afoot with these for sure! Nice work. 😉
@Catherine
Thank you!
My kids were scared to eat them the first time I made them. The second time, I made my kids participate in the baking process and they find it fun!
What a fun idea for Halloween! Good for a grown-ups party too 🙂
@ Stephanie
Yes grown ups would love them too.
These look so real it’s almost scary! My kids would love these for Halloween!
@Amelie
Sure they will!