Severed Fingers Halloween Cookies

I made these for the kiddies' Halloween party last week (early) and it was a BIG hit, more with the adults than the kids themselves! The kids found them a bit creepy, some of them even refused to try it... more for us adults! Once chilled, the dough was very easy to work with, didn't even need extra flour. I worked with small portions at a time, chilling the rest in the fridge and I doubled the recipe with no problem. I added in a bit more vanilla than stated and a few drops of almond extract as well. I still need to practice to shape the fingers properly, because even though I did roll them out quite thin, they did spread out while baking. Mine turned out more like monster's thumb than witchypoo's fingers, but they tasted fab! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe. This one is definitely a keeper!

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I'm not a baker, but I had to try these for our Halloween party! They turned out sooooo cool, and were not as difficult as I thought. I did add both 1/4 tsp vanilla AND 1/4 tsp almond extract to the batter. I couldn't find blanched almonds, but regular almonds worked just fine in the food coloring. I posted a picture! Definitely work with small batches of dough at a time and keep the rest in the fridge until you are ready. That seems to help!

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These were super easy to do - As soon as the dough was made, I used my smalles scooper and was able to scoop 33 balls. Covered these and put in fridge for an hour or so. It was then the simplest thing ever to roll and shape them right on the silpat - didn't use any flour at all! I used whole almonds, because if there is an easy way to split those guys in half I don't know what it is! But the whole ones were perfect. Used a green tinted egg wash and they baked perfectly in 12 minutes. I was worried about the nails falling off but there was no fear of that - they were firmly attached. Great recipe!

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These cookies were great. We added green food coloring and used pecans as the nails to create "Zombie Fingers". With a mix of green and red gel icing they looked very creepy. I hate to say I scared a child with them, but once he got a taste he couldn't put them down.

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Try this! Take the cookies out of the oven 1 minute early. Use kitchen tongs, or your fingers, just be careful-HOT-to pinch the dough together. This is when you can really create the shape of the knuckles and create a really cool wrinkled effect! Just pop them back in the oven for one more minute and voila!

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These were good! I added almond extract as suggested - yummy! They were a little soft for me, though. Next time I'm going to put two pretzel sticks inside each cookie as finger bones so that they crunch when you bite in to them!

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So cool!!! I added green food coloring to the batter and used sliced almonds. I will absolutely be making them again!!! They were so fun and EASY to make!!

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Wonderful! Next time, will add a bit of green coloring to the dough, just for that lovely effect... LOL! The kids will love them!

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Made these last night for a Halloween party~they were a hit! After reading the reviews on keeping the dough cold, after the 30min chill, I cut the dough in quarters and worked with one quarter at a time. Worked out well. Thank you for a fun, yummy recipe~will be making these again next year.

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I just made these fingers today. They turned out great! Made just as recipe said. These are not real sweet cookie (just right). I think if you wanted sweet cookie you could sprinkle sugar on egg whites. When rolling, you must have flour on your hands and on what you are using to roll on. I think they would be good dipped into choc.

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Easy to make and fun for our Halloween Party. Everyone enjoyed them from kids to adults. Thank you. J&D

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Wow these were definitely worth the effort. I t takes a while to get them jut right but they were a big hit at my Halloween party. They did taste good, too. My 2 year old nephew couldn't get enough!

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We made these for Halloween and the girls loved them!!! The dough is very sticky but with a little flour they can be rolled out into finger shapes. I used sliced almonds, as that what I had on hand but they turned out fine. I will use the recipe for Halloween from now on.....these are great on a cookie tray! DD took a couple plates of cookies around to the neighbors and they loved them too! Thanks for sharing.

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In all fairness, this MAY have tasted pretty good, but I'll never know because there is NO WAY I could roll out this dough into cookies. I really think made the recipe exactly as written, but even after an hour in the fridge, the dough was so sticky it could not be formed into a ball, much less rolled into "fingers". It is somewhat possible I accidently doubled the butter, but I really don't think I did. I tried adding a bit more flour, about 1/3 of a cup and it didn't help at all. Finally I added another entire cup of flour and another 1/2 cup powdered sugar and another 1/4 tsp extract. It was STILL too sticky to form a ball, even after 1/2 hour in the FREEZER. Finally, I simply slapped a scoop onto the parchement and stretched it out with my fingers. Of course, I couldn't make knuckles and the finished cookies were cakey, but they were still a hit. I used red cookie frosting for the ends and decoration and sliced almonds for the nails. People really loved them. All in all, it's a great idea and if I can find a recipe that can actually be made into a "finger" I'll do it again, but I will not use this recipe again!

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visually striking and delicious cookie too, wouldn't change a thing

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This was great fun and they turned out just as ghoolish as I had hoped! I added a few things to jazz them up a little; green food coloring, cinnamon, nutmeg, I also doubled the vanilla and added a tablespoon of orange concentrate. I also had nut allergies to consider so for the nails I used dried cranberries. The effect the cranberries gave being all winkled and odd shpped made them even better. The cookies had the flavour I was looking for and the texture was perfect, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Thank you for posting this great recipe :)

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I thought these were ok. The taste was so-so. I even added almond extract to them. Presentation wise, they're a hit-I used a green egg wash, but there's nothing simple about the process. I rolled them very thin and they still came out looking like fingers from Andre the Giant. Having to keep putting the dough in the freezer was a pain. I used sliced almonds since that's what I had, and my fingers will be red for a month of Sundays. Great idea, but not something I would make again.

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These turned out excellent. They looked so much like real fingers with bloody dripping down from the nails and super easy to do. I did need to use a little more flour but definately make again for halloween! Kids loved them and said they tasted beautiful! So 5 thumbs up from them

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VERY good and super fun for all! Dough must be nice and chilled and you must work quickly...gets soft and sticky pretty fast (I keep a little pile of flour to the side for a quick hand pat). This dough does spread out but the cookies are still a great shape and they have a much nicer texture than when cooked really skinny. I like to tint mine different colors...and I don't paint the "nails", I use the whole almonds. They look cool and you don't have to deal with colored hands and icky food color taste. My kids start begging to do these in Sept and we make at least 5 batches per season. They are really special...I'm sure they'll never forget the green witch's fingers! :o)

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Had good taste but the fingers flattened out too much when baked. I chilled the dough as written so not sure what I did wrong.

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