Spooky Witches Fingers

By izzie

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all purpose frlour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup whole almonds
• 1 (.75 oz.) tube red decorating gel

Details

Servings 60

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat together with an electric mixer; gradually add the flour, baking powder and salt, continually beating; refrigerate 20-30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 325 degreess. Lightly grease baking sheets.

Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping tsp. at a time onto a piece of waxed paper. Use the waxed paper to 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 in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20-25 minutes.

Remove the almond from the end of each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red decorating gel into the cavity; replace the almond to cause the gel to ooze out around the tip of the cookie.