Each year for Halloween I make creepy looking fingers. I have seen some people call them witch's fingers. To me, it's the same thing. Something edible for Halloween, but almost too creepy to eat.
This year, I took pictures along the way so you could see the progress as I went through each step.
The cookie dough is nothing more than a shortbread cookie recipe. Sugar, flour, butter, Vanilla extract & some Almond Extract. Nothing fancy here! Oh, and I did add some cinnamon, blanched almonds & slivered almonds in strategic places. More on that later.
And here's how I did it.
Overall it took me about 2 hours to do this. If you are making these cookies with someone else, it shouldn't take as long.
They were a big hit at work, and as usual I had some left over at the end of the day because the majority of people couldn't bring themselves to eat the fingers. My husband didn't have a problem eating them, but since he's retired from the US Marine Corps, it doesn't surprise me.
This year, I took pictures along the way so you could see the progress as I went through each step.
The cookie dough is nothing more than a shortbread cookie recipe. Sugar, flour, butter, Vanilla extract & some Almond Extract. Nothing fancy here! Oh, and I did add some cinnamon, blanched almonds & slivered almonds in strategic places. More on that later.
And here's how I did it.
I started out with a spoonful of dough and rolled it into a log between my hands. I had to adjust the amount of dough I used, but I finally had the 'eye' for it and turned out some consistent shapes. |
Here I have added the knuckles. Just take a knife and make 3 slashes in the cookie for each knuckle. They are really starting to look like fingers now. |
A close up |
Halloween fingers can't dig their way out of graves without getting dirt on them can they? I brushed cinnamon on them to give that dirt appearance. And I'm not even done yet.... |
Another close up |
Well, they don't look like actual bones, but close enough. We don't want to get too realistic here. |
A little red food coloring and Voila! It's starting to get creepy. |
Here they are before I put them in the oven for baking in all their creepy glory. |
Another closeup for you |
Overall it took me about 2 hours to do this. If you are making these cookies with someone else, it shouldn't take as long.
They were a big hit at work, and as usual I had some left over at the end of the day because the majority of people couldn't bring themselves to eat the fingers. My husband didn't have a problem eating them, but since he's retired from the US Marine Corps, it doesn't surprise me.