Halloween Cookies "Witch's Fingers"

On Halloween day, surprise guests with quirky baked goods by making Witch's Fingers shortbread cookies in a vibrant almond flavor. To bake a dessert, you need the most common products - an egg, flour, butter, sugar, and a little over an hour to make it. With a step-by-step guide with helpful tips for making baked goods, you'll get the job done with ease. Believe me, you cannot avoid the amazement of adults and the delight of children when such pastries appear at a tea feast!

Ingredients

• Butter 225 g
• Powdered sugar 125 g
• Chicken egg 1 PC.
• Almond and vanilla extracts 1 ch. L. of each
• Wheat flour 350 g
• Salt 1 tsp
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Almonds (whole kernels, unpeeled) 100 g
• Berry jam (any bright red) 2-3 st. l

Directions

1. In a deep bowl, combine 225 g softened butter with 125 g icing sugar and one chicken egg.
2. Add a teaspoon of vanilla and almond extract to the contents of the bowl and beat thoroughly with a mixer at medium speed.
3. Pour 1 tsp into the resulting mass. fine salt and 1 tsp. baking powder.
4. Add 350 g of sifted wheat flour in portions, thoroughly kneading the dough with a mixer at low speed after adding each portion.
5. Next, knead the shortbread dough by hand until the mass becomes homogeneous, smooth and elastic.
6. Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes or more to cool the dough well and become firm.
7. We shape and bake cookies
8. Line a baking sheet with a sheet of baking paper.
9. Pinch off a small piece from a well-cooled dough, no larger than the volume of a teaspoon.
10. Roll a flat sausage from a piece of dough using oiled baking paper.
11. Press down the sausage with your fingers in two places, imitating the joints.
12. With a small sharp knife, make small cuts that imitate folds on the fingers.
13. At the tip of each sandy "finger", fasten almonds by carefully inserting the nut into the very edge of the dough so that its appearance resembles a nail.
14. Bake in an oven preheated to 160 ° C for about 25 minutes, placing the baking sheet with cookies on the middle level.
15. Remove the finished biscuits from the oven, and without removing them from the baking sheet, remove each nut from the "finger".
16. Glue back the almonds by placing a drop of fruit jam in the recess. You can use colored frosting instead of jam.
17. Place the cookies on a serving plate and serve for the festive tea party.