Spooky Witches' Fingers

This spooky witches' fingers recipe uses a homemade cookie dough decorated with red jam and almonds for bloody fingernails for a tasty Halloween treat.

• Preparation Time: 35 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 72 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2.6666667461395 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cup whole almonds
• 1 (.75-ounce) tube red decorating food gel, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 to 25 minutes.

Step 3

Beat butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually beat in flour, baking powder, and salt until combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.

Step 4

Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon of dough at a time onto a piece of waxed paper; keep remaining dough in the refrigerator. Roll dough into a thin finger-shaped cookie using the waxed paper. Press 1 almond into one end of cookie to give the appearance of a long fingernail. Squeeze cookie near the tip and near the center to give the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into dough with a sharp knife at the same points to give a more finger-like appearance. Repeat with remaining dough. Arrange shaped cookies on the prepared baking sheets.

Step 5

Remove almonds from ends of each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red decorating gel into cavities. Replace almond to cause jam to ooze out around tips of cookies.