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Halloween cookies – Witches fingers and Zombie fingers.

It’s the age old question around Halloween, What do witches and Zombies taste like?  Never fear, I am here to help! Here is a lovely recipe for witch and zombie fingers. Yum. Halloween Finger Cookies 1 cup butter softened 1 cup Confectioners sugar 1 egg 1tsp vanilla 2 2/3 cup flour 1 tsp baking soda Whole unsalted almonds for the nails Red icing (I used red writing gel) Green and Black food colouring Oven 325F.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Cream butter, sugar and add the egg and vanilla extract. Add flour and baking soda.  Divide the dough into half and add a small amount of green colour to one half and a small amount of black to the other.  Mix in the colour. Chill the dough for 20-30 minutes.  Roll out the fingers using wax paper using about a teaspoon of dough for each. Use a butter knife to mark the knuckles and press an almond into the end of each for the nail.  Don’t worry about perfect shapes, the more bumps …