These long, green cookies look just like witch fingers! Kids will love making them on Halloween.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time9 minutesmins
Resting Time8 hourshrs
Total Time8 hourshrs24 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Halloween cookies, Witch Finger Cookies
Servings: 18cookies
Equipment
Baking Sheet
Parchment paper
Plastic Wrap
Mixing Bowl
Pairing Knife
Ingredients
Witch Finger Cookies
1stickButtersoftened
1/2cupGranulated Sugar
1EggRoom Temperature
2cupsAll-Purpose Flour
1/2tspBaking Powder
1/2tspSalt
1/2tspKelly Green Gel Food Coloring
18Almonds
Cookie Dip
1/4cupButter softened
1/4cupMarshmallow Spread
2cupsConfectioner's Sugar
3tbspMilk
Green Gel Food Coloring
Instructions
Cookies
In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and egg.
In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Eventually, the cookie dough will form and you can use your hands to get all the ingredients incorporated with one another.
Place a small indentation into the cookie dough and add gel food coloring. Knead until completely tinted.
Cover in plastic wrap and chill overnight or, for one hour in the freezer.
Remove from refrigerator and let sit until malleable.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
To make the fingers, divide cookie dough into spheres, about 1 ½ inches in size.
Roll out each sphere into a thick strip, about ¾ of an inch in thickness and 3 inches long.
Pinch each strip to give it a non-uniform look. I like to pinch them in two separate sections.
Score lines on top of each cookie dough using a paring knife.
Place each one on lined baking sheet, about 1-2 inches apart from each other.
Press one almond at the tip of each cookie dough.
Bake for about 7 minutes and remove from oven.
Proceed with caution for the next step: re-pinch each cookie to thin them out (as they spread during baking time – but be careful because they’ll be hot) then place them back in the oven for an additional 2 minutes
Allow to cool before serving.
Cookie Dip
In a large bowl, beat together all ingredients with an electric mixer. Start on low speed and gradually increase to high.
In a large bowl, beat together all ingredients with an electric mixer. Start on low speed and gradually increase to high.