I was really excited to make these
unique and creative spooky witch fingers. They were quite simple, easy and
delicious to make for such a realistic and impressive outcome. These spooky
witch fingers, according to my husband were hilarious but a little more horrid
at the same time. My son loved these frightful cookies especially when I was
taking the pics - the whole dramatic blood and all.
On this note, I hope everyone has a
scary (but safe) Halloween this year!
Ingredients:-
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 1 cup icing sugar
- ¾ cup whole almonds
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Method:-
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Line your cookie sheet with a parchment paper.
- Combine butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl and beat well.
- Gradually add flour, baking pdr, and salt. Beat well to form a soft dough.
- Wrap in a cling film and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and scoop 1 heaped teaspoon at a time.
- 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.
- Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 20-25 minutes or until the cookies are slightly golden in color.
Notes:-
- For the eggless version use the same dough for Thumbprint Cookies just omit the strawberry crush.
- If the almonds keep falling after you've baked them, Just add little jam and stick the almonds back to the fingers.
Sending this to :- Sharanya's Let's Celebrate Halloween Event
5.11.13 - +Joerg Sterner tried the spooky witches fingers I made for October Home baker's challenge... Thanks Joerg for sharing your feedback... God bless..
