Witchypoo Recipes

WITCHY-POO FINGERS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat butter sugar, egg and extracts together.
• In another mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat dry ingredients into butter mixture, then cover bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F; have cookie sheets, lined with parchment paper, ready.
• Remove only 1/4 of the dough from refrigerator (leave rest refrigerated to stay cold); measure out heaping teaspoonfuls and shape into fingers.
• Press an almond firmly into the end of each"finger" to make the fingernail.
• Below the almond and at the opposite end of the finger, press in dough to create knuckle halfway down; using the back of a table knife, make indents into the knuckle (look at your own fingers to get an idea of what this should look like).
• If you want really big ugly fingers with two gnarled knuckles, use about a tbsp of dough per cookie.
• Place on paper-lined cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven until a pale golden colour--about 20 to 25 minutes.
• After first sheet goes into the oven, remove more dough from the fridge to make more fingers.
• When cookies are done, remove from oven and let cool for three minutes.
• Carefully lift up almond from each finger and squeeze some red decorating gel onto nail bed, then press almond back into place; the red gel will creepily ooze out.
• Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.