It’s that time of the year when I am thinking about Fall, apples and pumpkins and such and then of course one of my favorite holidays, Halloween. I seem to be on a “witches fingers kick” with Chocolate Covered Halloween Pretzle Fingers so now I am adding some very cute cookies you can make. Martha Stewart calls them “Ladies Fingers”.
I found this idea/recipe on All Recipes and changed some of the ingredients and directions. I have my Mom’s Sugar Cookies recipe which is very similar but decided to use this other one.
I am adding this recipe to my collection of Halloween Treats. See that post for lots of holiday ideas!
Witches' Fingers Cookies
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2-2/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- kelly green paste to color the dough if desired
- whole almonds
- liquid red coloring to paint the almonds if desired
- red decorating gel, raspberry jam or use royal icing colored red to glue the nails to the fingers
If you are going to paint the nails, do this ahead of time so they have time to dry. Dilute a few drops of liquid red coloring, mix well and paint one side of the almonds. Allow to dry on scott towels – I did this overnight.
Combine the butter, sugar, egg and extracts in a bowl until light and fluffy. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Chill dough overnight. The dough can be frozen for up to a month at this point.
Preheat the oven to 325°F and lightly oil a cookie sheet unless it is non-stick.
Measure about 1 tsp. to 1 tbsp. of dough (depending on the size of the fingers). Press an almond into one end of each cookie. Squeeze sides of cookie below almond and again at center of finger to create “knuckles”. Make shallow cuts crosswise with a sharp knife to create wrinkles. Once I had a tray full of cookies made I chilled them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes so they would not spread too much while baking.
Bake for about 18-20 minutes. You do not want them to brown on the edges too much.
Remove the almond from the end of each cookie and squeeze a small amount of red gel, jam or royal icing into the cavity. Replace almond so that the gel will ooze out around the nail.
Recipe by cooking with aunt juju http://cookingwithauntjuju.com/2015/08/23/witches-fingers/
The witches hand with the black fingernails was made by my niece Bethany many years ago when she was very young. She covered a mason jar lid with dough – very cute and I have kept it all this time. A thoughtful present for Gene and me 🙂
I am sharing these “spooky” fingers with Angie and Fiesta Friday #91. Co-hosts this week are Indira @ I’ll Cook You Wash and yours truly, Judi. Hope to see you there 🙂
These are cookies I made earlier and I did not care for Wilton’s sugar recipe that came with the fingers pan. I also used the liquid coloring and you can see that the cookies are not as intense as the ones above. I also did not chill them as long before baking.
WOW this is so cool! amazing treats you are so talented!
Thanks so much – I just found your comment in “spam”. Who knows why?
yes this seems to be an on going problem! I found about 20 comments from many weeks past all is spam, now I check it every few days lol. I love this treat you are so creative!
Love the cookies, really great Halloween treats. They look great!!
Thanks so much – I really enjoyed making them 🙂
Wow! Love the Witches Fingers! The almond nails are a great idea too, Judy.
Thanks Sandhya – you can paint or not paint the almonds. I like the red fingernails especially with the green fingers 🙂
OMG!! These are real creepy 😀
Happy Halloween 🙂
Love the cookies! Looks super spooky and creepy 🙂 Halloween is by far my favourite time of the year! 🙂
Thanks – my favorite too! Can’t wait to see the kids this year “Trick or Treating” 🙂
Yay! These look so scary and cute, Aunt Juju. Thanks for co-hosting this week’s FF! Have a lovely weekend! xx
You’re welcome Jhuls – I always enjoy co-hosting and getting up close to so many good posts! Have a great week 🙂
These are so much fun Judi! I just love baking for the holidays and for the kiddos. Thank you for hosting us this week!
Thanks Julie – kids have always been my inspiration, even though most of them are all grown up now 🙂
You are so clever! I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw them, just brilliant and I can’t imagine anyone resisting to smile eating these! Happy Fiesta Friday, thank you for co hosting and have a lovely weekend 🙂
Good Petra – I’m glad you were not scared by these “green witch fingers” LOL. Enjoy your weekend as well 🙂
They are suitably creepy. Not sure I could get myself to eat one!
Liz – The cookies are very good using a sugar cookie recipe. The almond and vanilla extracts come through beautifully! The Wilton recipe – no!
Hilarious – not sure if I could bite into one of them open-eyed … 😉
Some of the neighbor kids really got a kick out of these and they are very tasty besides 🙂
What fun cookies–they really do look like fingers! Perfect for Halloween!
Thanks – the first time I made them they spread out too much, so chilling is very important. I’m happy with the latest batch 🙂
These are adorable!! Perfect for the holiday 😀
Thanks – scary, tasty sugar cookies are a perfect cookie for Halloween 🙂
Wow these are perfect halloween and looks brilliant Aunt Juju… 🙂
Thanks Chitra – I had fun making them… 🙂
Woohoo! I’m so glad that everyone else is into Halloween treats now too. I swear, I’ve been making them all months. These fingers are spooky and delicious. Thanks for sharing, and also thanks for hosting! Happy FF, and have a wonderful weekend! 😀
Thanks Kaila and you’re welcome! I am very much into Halloween even though everyone is all grown up – I still have the neighbor kids who come “trick or treating”. Enjoy your week 🙂
Awh, yes, I still dress up for Halloween! And, I’m getting close to too old for that without kids of my own. I’m sure you get some cute trick-or-treaters! I love seeing them every year! 😀
How can something be so scary but also so delicious looking at the same time? 🙂 These look awesome, Judy. Happy FF!
Thanks Indira – Halloween is a favorite time of the year and I enjoy making silly/scary recipes. Happy Fiesta Friday and happy to be co-hosting with you 🙂
These look so great! I bet they’re a halloween hit!
Thanks – kids and adults alike enjoy something different and at the same time very good to eat!
These cookies are so eerily cool! Thanks for the idea!
Thanks so much Suchitra – they are easy to make and a fun cookie for kids to make 🙂
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