Spooky Witches' Fingers Cookies

This hallow-en will it be a trick or a treat ? Surely a deadly treat !!

Ingredient

Salted Butter – 250gm

Powdered Sugar - 150gm

Egg – 1

Almond extract – 1tsp

Vanilla extract – 1tsp

All purpose flour – 400 gm

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Almond – ½ cup ( skin peeled and halfed)

Icing sugar – 5 tbsp

Red colour – 1 to 2 drops

Fruit jam – 2 tbsp

Method

1. Combine the butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat together.
2. Gradually add the flour, baking powder, continually beating;
3. Knead it into a dough, cover and refrigerate for 30 min
4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
5. Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time. Roll the dough into a thin finger-shaped cookie.
6. Squeeze cookie near the tip and again near the center of each to give the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into the dough with a sharp knife at the same points to help give a more finger-like appearance
7. Press one almond into one end of each cookie to give the appearance of a long fingernail. Remove the almond and apply some jam at that portion and then press the almond back.
8. Arrange the shaped cookies on the baking sheets.
9. Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 minutes. Let it cook
10. Mix the icing sugar with colour and few drops of water to make a thick paste ( a consistency that it drips a little)
11. When the cookies are cooled, drop 2 to 3 drops of red icing sugar on the other end of the cookies, let it drip a little                      
12. Your delicious, scary cookies are ready.