(One of my temple friends made these for us. She called them ghoul fingers for her “ghoul” friends.)
1-cup butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla
3 drops green food coloring (or as desired)
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup whole blanched almonds
Powdered sugar to sprinkle
In bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, vanilla and green food coloring; beat in flour; baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Working with one-quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remaining dough refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoons full of dough into finger shape for each cookie. Press an almond firmly into one end for nail. Squeeze in center to create knuckle shape. Use a paring knife to make slashes in several places to form knuckle. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet in 325-degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Remove from cookie sheet and cool. Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar. Makes 5-dozen.
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