Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup almond slices
- 1 tube red decorating gel
- 1 tube green food coloring
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Beat together butter, sugar,
egg, almond extract and vanilla. Slowly beat in the flour, baking powder and
salt. Add drops of green food coloring to dough until you achieve a nice deep
green color.
Divide the dough into four
equal parts, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.. Take one quarter of the
dough at a time from the refrigerator. Break off one heaping teaspoonful and
roll it into a finger shape. Squeeze in around the middle of the finger to
create a knuckle shape. Then, using a butter knife, make indents in several
places to resemble a finger. Repeat with rest of dough.
Place cookies on a lightly
greased baking sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes - let cool. Then, squeeze
red decorating gel onto the tip of each finger and gently press an almond
sliver on top so the gel oozes out from underneath.
Remove cookies from baking
sheets and let them cool on wire racks. Then serve and enjoy!
Adapted from "CDKitchen.com's" Marlene C.
Mcasias
