These shortbread finger cookies are super easy to make and are a perfect Halloween party food. This particular recipe can be seen in the October Double issue of Dark Beauty magazine. Enjoy! :)
Ingredients:
1 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup milk or soymilk
a handful of blanched almonds
Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. In a large bowl mix margarine, sugar and salt with a hand mixer for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and mix well. In a separate bowl combine flour and cornstarch. Beat both mixtures together until crumbly. Add milk and beat once again to form a soft dough.
Assembly: Form 3-4 inch fingers and shape as desired. Add a blanched almond at the tip of each cookie.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Wow cool! I saw one of these cookies at Pat's house a while back. I'm bummed that I didn't get to try one. They looked a little too realistic, so I hesitated to try one when I was offered. Later when Pat was raving about how delicious they were I looked around to snag one, but they were all gone.
ReplyDeleteThis is some beautiful photography. I like the little cookie you used for the palm of the monster hand. It makes it even more realistic. Funny, looking at it again, I'm still not sure if I would try one... (Andy)
LOL Andy you are funny! Next time you should just try it! :) But in any case, I'll ask Pat to leave you some the next time I make them. They were a lot of fun to make, tho I definitely did not want to eat them either because eating them means breaking the fingers! :( I hope all is going well with you!
ReplyDeleteHa! These are cute AND creepy--I want to try them!
ReplyDeleteAs for your comment on my gulab jamun recipe, I want to say, definitely try it with soy flour/powder instead of soymilk powder. I've had consistently good results with the soy flour/powder, but a soymilk powder version needs work. But if you make it, let me know how it goes!