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Severed Finger Cookies

A great Halloween treat
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookie, cookies, halloween

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2⅔ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoons sea salt
  • ¾ cups whole, blanched almonds
  • red decorating gel

Instructions

  • In bowl, beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla.  Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt.  Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • Heat oven to 325°F / 160°C
  • Working with one quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remainder refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoonful of dough into finger shape for each cookie.  Press half-almond firmly into one end to act as a finger-nail.
  • Squeeze in center to create knuckle shape.  Using paring knife, make slashes in several places to form knuckle wrinkles. (Look at your own finger.)
  • Place on lightly-greased or parchment-lined baking sheets.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until pale golden.
  • Let cool for 3-5 minutes.
  • Lift up the almond and squeeze red decorator gel onto the nail bed and press almond back into place so that the gel oozes out a bit.
  • Put more red icing on the severed end of the finger.
  • Repeat until all dough is baked.