Spooky Fingers

I made these creepy bloody fingers last Halloween. Everyone loved them, especially the little ones! They were fun and easy to make

I used a butter cookie recipe (see below) and placed a sliced almond for the fingernail. Drizzled seedless raspberry jam for the blood and presto! Yukky Yummy cookies!

You couldn't eat one without laughing! So funny to see the grown ups eat them.

Here's the recipe if you dare.....
1 cup butter or margarine 
1/2 cup sifted powder sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla (I used lemon)
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
Sliced almonds (you'll need one small package)

Cream the butter, powder sugar, & flavoring til fluffy. Blend Flour & baking powder; stir into butter mixture. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. These cookies spread when cooked so make the fingers thin. Put about 2 tsp of dough (I like to chill the dough for about 15 min) on your workspace & roll into thin finger. I rolled mine so that the knuckles would be slightly larger. Use a knife to make knuckle lines and place one almond slice on the tip to make finger nail. Bake on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for about 7 min. These are delicate when hot so I used parchment paper to help transfer them to the cooling rack. Once cooled place some raspberry or any red seedless jam into a zip lock bag, snip off one end so you can drizzle onto cookie. Place on tray. Can be left at room temp or chilled.
Enjoy!