Witch's Fingers

Presented By: Roxann Roberts, The Glass Bazaar

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 12-15

Ingredients

• 1  cup unsalted butter
• 3⁄4 cup powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  cup ground pecans
•  red food coloring (optional)
•  blanched almonds or   slivered almonds (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Beat butter and sugar in bowl of heavy duty mixer, until light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla and salt.
4. Add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, blending after each addition.
5. Stir in pecans.
6. Dough will be heavy.
7. Using 1 heaping tablespoonful per cookie, shape dough into"fingers" about 3 inches long and 1/4 inch in diameter.
8. Place cookies on parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
9. Using a knife, lightly score"fingers" a few times across the center and near the top to resemble knuckles.
10. "Paint"almonds with food coloring and press into the top of the cookie to resemble a fingernail, if desired.
11. Or make an indentation in the top to resemble a fingernail.
12. Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly brown.