Witch Finger Cookies

Witch finger cookies may be a tad gross to look at, but they taste yummy! Bake a batch of these fitting cookies for your Halloween Party and we guarantee your guests will be impressed!

Ingredients

1 Cup butter, softened
1 Cup powdered sugar
1 Large egg
1 Tsp almond extract
1 Tsp vanilla
2 2/3 Cup flour
1 Tsp baking powder
1 Tsp salt
3/4 Cup almonds
1 tube red decorator gel

Directions

In bowl, beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla.

Beat in flour, baking soda*, and salt. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Working with one quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remainder refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoonful of dough into finger shape for each cookie. Press almond firmly into 1 end for nail. Squeeze in center to create knuckle shape.

Place on greased baking sheets; bake in 325F oven for 20-25 minutes or until pale golden.

Let cool for 3 minutes. Then, remove from baking sheets and let cool on racks. Repeat with remaining dough.