Spooky Witch Finger Cookies
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on Oct 18, 2016, Updated Aug 26, 2019
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Are you looking for a fun baking project with your kiddos? These creepy looking witch finger cookies are fun for a ghoulish Halloween party. My cousin, Brenda recently made these for our Day of the Dead sugar skull decorating party and the kids gobbled them up with lots of giggles in-between.
This recipe is a basic sugar cookie dough, but very tasty. The funny part is the sliced almonds as finger nails. Don’t worry about selecting perfect almonds, because the uglier the nails, the creepier.
With a pairing knife create lines to emulate the knuckles and after the cookies are baked dust them with a little cocoa-powder (with a paint brush) to make the hands look dirty and give them contrast.
All lined up, or piled into a jar, they look absolutely creepy! My mom made these last year served with chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting at a Halloween party with her friends and they were the hit of the party.
You can find the original recipe here with lots of great tips. I recommend you read the FAQ before you begin.
Spooky Witch Finger Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter, or margarine
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 ½ to 4 cups flour, depends on humidity + 1/3 cup for dusting
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar (whip until fluffy). Add egg, vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix slightly.
- Add in baking powder and flour; mix until the dough is not-tacky to the touch (should not stick to your fingers, but should be sticky).
- Place dough in the fridge for 1 hour. Take out a small ball (1/3 of the dough), and roll it out on a lightly dusted surface.
- Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Simply roll out some sugar-cookie dough into a thin line (make your fingers thin because they will spread), apply an almond shard and score the knuckles.
- Place cookies on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and place in the freezer to chill for 3 minutes.
- Bake cookies for 7 to 12 minutes. Cook until the edges are just brown.
- Brush with a little cocoa-powder after baking (with a paint brush) to make the hands look dirty and give them contrast.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We made these for my daughter to take to school along with pan de muerto for a Dia de los Muertos learning party. Surprisingly easy and so. fun. I want to do them again with green food coloring in the dough for zombie fingers!
They are a lot of fun to make and show off. They are delicious too.
What fun! These are hilariously spooky!
So scary!!
These spooky fingers are fantastic! They’re deliciously creepy!