Witch Finger Cookies
Add a little bit of spooky fun to your Halloween parties this year with these eerie witch finger cookies! With all the flavor of a classic sugar cookie, these have the perfect crunch!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, unsalted, room temperature
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg, size large
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract, optional
- 1 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- Green food coloring, 7-10 drops
- Sliced almonds
- Red piping gel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpat.
- Combine butter and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add egg, vanilla, and almond extracts, and combine well.
- Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together in a separate bowl, and gradually add to butter and sugar mixture.
- Add 7-10 drops of food coloring, mixing to combine.
- Separate dough into balls, about a tablespoon each, and roll into finger-sized logs, tapering slightly at one end.
- Using a toothpick, press lines into cookies to create “knuckles”.
- Press an almond slice into the tapered end of cookie.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until set, removing before cookies begin to brown.
- When cookies have cooled, lift almond fingernail, squeeze red piping gel into “nail bed”, then replace almond “nail” to squeeze gel up around it.
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Notes
- Parchment paper works well, but a silpat mat works well too.
- For the almond fingernails – We found it easiest to add the almond “nail” before baking. Even though you’re just going to take it off afterward to add a little red gel, it creates a nice, flat nail bed.
- The number of witch finger cookies you end up with will depend on how thick you roll the fingers and how you shape them.
- Double or triple the recipe using the 1x2x3x tab in the printable recipe card.
Nutrition
Calories: 48kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 34mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 11IUCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.5mg
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