Witch Finger Cookie Recipe
Witch Finger Cookies are made with a buttery shortbread dough that melts in your mouth and tastes amazing! How can something look this spooky but taste so good?
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 129kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened*
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt*
- 15-20 drops green food coloring or a few generous squirts of gel coloring
- 1-2 tsp. red decorator gel or raspberry jam
- 28 almond slices
Instructions
- Beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond and vanilla extract.
- Add in flour, baking powder and salt, then mix until combined.
- Add green food coloring and mix until it reaches your desired shade of green.
- Push down the dough from all sides of the bowl and cover the dough with plastic wrap so that the plastic is touching the dough. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll a heaping tablespoon of dough into a finger shape, then place on a prepared baking sheet.
- Using a toothpick, make several deep lines in the dough around the knuckles. Press your finger on the nailbed to make room for a finger nail after baking.
- Continue with all remaining dough.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or just until the bottoms start to turn golden brown. Let cool.
- Add a small dab of red gel or raspberry jam towards the back of the nailbed, then press a sliced almond on top, making sure the gel oozes out the sides.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
If using salted butter, use only a 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 211IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg