Witch's Fingers

Halloween is one of my favorite times of year.  You see, it's not just a single day...we enjoy it for the whole month of October! I always did Halloween up big when my kids were small.  We are known to drive to Floydada just to get pumpkins!  And not just any pumpkins, but huge pumpkins.

When I saw online the sugar cookie fingers I knew I had to try them.  However, my fingers turned out more as monster toes!  Not exactly the look I was going for.  I considered fiddling with the recipe and changing the ratio of butter and flour but then I had an inspiration.  When I was little my mom would take pie crust scraps and make pockets with a dab of jelly or just sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake.  Yummm!  So what better than to fill pie crust with jelly or in this case Nutella, shape into fingers and whalla!

Witch's Fingers

Pie Crust (store bought or home made)

Nutella

Almond Slivers

1 Tbsp. butter

Cinnamon sugar

Heat oven to 400.  Line cookie sheet with parchment.  

Roll out pie crust and cut into 10 wedges.  Spread a thin layer of Nutella over

each wedge and roll into a cone.  Do not overfill as this will cause the filling

to spill out.  Tuck the point in to make a blunt end.  Shape each piece to the shape of

a finger making sure to create the knuckles.  Place each finger on the baking

sheet and score each finger with a sharp knife to create the ridges of the 

knuckles.  Melt the butter and brush each finger with butter. 

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and add the almond sliver to

make the fingernail.  Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or

until lightly browned.

Remember, these can be filled with anything.  A nice red strawberry jam would be great to create the illusion of blood...or peanut butter.  You could even go savory with an herb goat cheese!  In fact, I may have to head back to the kitchen and try that one right now...