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    Home » Cookies

    Witches Fingers

    Published: Oct 1, 2018 · Modified: Nov 9, 2021 by Marcellina

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    These Witches' Fingers are so much fun and delicious

    Even if you don't celebrate Halloween, these cookies are easy and use just 4 simple ingredients. Witches' Fingers can be made "cute" or "scary".

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    Table of Contents

    • 1 Ingredients
    • 2 Instructions
    • 3 FAQs
    • 4 Witches' Fingers for Halloween

    Ingredients

    Just like regular shortbread cookies the ingredients as basic pantry staples.

    • Flour - all purpose (plain) flour is use for this recipe. There is no rising agent needed.
    • Butter - for the best tasting cookies use good butter. Don't substitute margarine or shortening; the results will not be tasty. I usually like salted butter for this recipe but use unsalted if that's what you have and add a large pinch of fine salt in with the flour.
    • Powdered Sugar - this fine, powdery sugar dissolves quickly which is exactly what we need for this fast to make cookie recipe.
    • Almonds - these are used to represent fingernails (and do a great job, I think!). You'll need to purchase almonds without skins and use a fine knife to carefully split them in half where they naturally join. If you can't find almonds without skins, cover almonds with boiling water for a few minutes then you'll find the skins just slip off.
    Witches fingers

    Instructions

    A recipe could never be easier than this one.

    1. in the food processor combine flour, butter and icing sugar to form a dough
    2. rest in the fridge
    3. shape as desired
    4. bake

    There is no reason why you shouldn't make these. Firstly these cookies are delicious and melt in your mouth. Secondly, Witches' Fingers are super easy! Finally, what fun you can have with these cookies!

    pile of shortbread cookies that look like fingers.

    FAQs

    Can you use this shortbread recipe to make regular shortbread?

    Absolutely! Shortbread is an easy cookie to make and shape.This dough is so versatile and can be shaped how ever you desire. This recipe is not limited to Halloween. Reshape and enjoy throughout the year.

    Shortbread is one of my favourite cookies and probably yours too. Have a look at my traditional almond flour cookies or this Sbrisolona which is an Italian traditional torta with the wonderful qualities of shortbread.

    This updated recipe was first published on 31 October 2011

    Made this recipe?
    Let me know if you liked it by leaving a ★★★★★ star rating and a review below. Please share a photo of your creation by tagging me on Instagram @marcellina.in.cucina!

    Witches fingers

    Witches' Fingers for Halloween

    These Witches' Fingers are so much fun and delicious too. This is a simple shortbread dough which melts in the mouth.
    4.88 from 8 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings:30 cookie fingers
    Author: Marcellina

    Ingredients

    • 2¾ cups all purpose flour 350 grams
    • 1 cup butter (softened) 2 sticks/240 grams
    • 1 cup powdered (icing) sugar 110 grams
    • a handful of split almonds for decorating or M&M's for a fun variations
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven 320ºF/160º and line a cookie sheet with non-stick parchment paper.
    • Whizz flour, powdered sugar and butter in a food processor until it all comes together and forms a ball.
    • Remove from the processor and flattened into a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
    • I let it soften a bit before I could form my shapes.
    • Scary Witches Fingers are made by rolling ropes of dough before portioning into finger lengths. Press a split almond on the end to represent finger nails.
    • Cute Witches Fingers are made by rolling out the dough and cutting finger shapes. I used a little egg white to ensure the Smartie/ M & M stuck to the dough.
    • Place fingers onto prepared cookie sheet and bake for 12- 15 minutes or until lightly colored.
    • Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

    Nutritional Information Per Serving

    Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 59mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.5mg

    Nutritional Disclaimer

    Nutritional information is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. For accurate results, it is recommended that the nutritional information be calculated based on the ingredients and brands you use.

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    Comments

    1. Stella Carslaw

      October 25, 2018 at 12:48 am

      5 stars
      The best Halloween biscuits around! Old and young love them, so easy to make too. Thank you!

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      • Marcellina

        October 25, 2018 at 8:15 am

        Yes, I agree!!

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    2. Catalina

      November 05, 2011 at 6:14 pm

      Halloween is not celebrated in my country so I always enjoy watching themed recipes on my favourite food blogs during that time 🙂 And you're no exception! I love your cute fingers maybe even more than the scary fingers (which are perfect, too!). Happy Halloween sounds great and funny 😀

      Reply
    3. Cakelaw

      November 02, 2011 at 11:00 am

      The witches fingers look amazing! So life like - they'd scare me!

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    4. The Baking Gypsy

      November 01, 2011 at 3:55 pm

      What a fantastic and festive treat! Totally love it! :))
      I hope you had a wonderful holiday!

      xoxo,
      Tammy

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    5. Claudia

      October 31, 2011 at 5:33 pm

      I love playing with witches fingers - your are especially spooky. Wonderfully spooky! And ghoulishly delicious!

      Reply
    6. Kiara

      October 31, 2011 at 2:51 pm

      Marcellina ma che belle le tue dita!!!!!!!!! Complimenti cara e buon Halloween!

      Reply
    7. Marcella

      October 31, 2011 at 1:13 pm

      Marcy sono bellissime!!!! Devo assolutamente provare a farle!

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