Spooky Witch Fingers

Wanna be the scary neighborthis Halloween? How about homemade spooky fingers instead of sugary candy forTrick-or-Treat? LOL

Spooky Witch Fingers

•              1 cup butter, softened

•              1 cup confectioners' sugar

•              1 egg

•              1 teaspoon almond extract

•              1 teaspoon vanilla extract

•              2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

•              1 teaspoon baking powder

•              1 teaspoon salt

•              3/4 cup whole almonds

•              Raspberry jelly

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

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

Remove dough from refrigeratorin small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time onto a piece of waxedpaper. 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 longfingernail. Squeeze cookie near the tip and again near the center of each togive the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into the dough with a sharpknife at the same points to help give a more finger-like appearance. Arrangethe shaped cookies on the baking sheets.

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

Remove the almond from the endof each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red jelly into the cavity; replacethe almond to cause the jelly to ooze out around the tip of the cookie. 

Source: based on recipe from AllRecipes