 Meet Red Fred. |
A Recipe for some FINGER FOOD |
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Meet Red Fred. |
A Recipe for some FINGER FOOD |
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| A couple of years ago, the Mo-Kan Teddy Bear Society was planning
their annual Halloween Party and the newsletter suggested bringing a favorite finger food
for the snack table. OF COURSE, that was the perfect excuse to make Finger
Cookies. They were the hit of the day, if I do say so myself. The recipe
below for the basic cookie dough is adapted from a recipe in my old, standby cookbook of
over 30 years: Better Homes and Gardens new Cook Book This dough makes a nice buttery, light and crispy cookie and forms into excellent "fingers". I used the bowl of a little, long-handled baby spoon to shape and 'round' the "nail-base" and also gently press in several random lines across the middle of the cookies at the knuckle joints with the edge of the handle (which was very slightly curved and made of very thin metal) before baking. Look at your own fingers and you will see what I am talking about. Brightly tinted red (or black) confectioners' icing is dabbed on the "nail" when the cookies have been cooled. The paste colors used by cake decorators is easiest to use for intense colors. Arranged on a plate, these Finger Cookies make a Truly Charming Display on your Halloween Party Refreshment table. |
RECIPE FOR COOKIE DOUGH |
1 cup butter or margarine |
1/3 cup sugar |
| 2 teaspoons water | 2 teaspoons vanilla |
| 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour |
| Cream butter and sugar; add water and vanilla; mix well. Add flour. Chill 3 to 4 hours. Shape into fingers, tapering one end to nail shape and flattening other end (for fingers to be lying on a plate, you, of course, would have to CHOP THEM OFF THE HAND!) Shape the nail bed and,lightly, press in knuckle lines. (I used a thin, slightly curved edge for this.) Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Watch them carefully, as you don't want them to "tan" too much. Cool on a rack or on waxed paper on top of several sheets of newspaper. Ice the nails after they are completely cooled and store them in a covered container. (makes 4 to 5 dozen fingers--depending on how chubby you want your fingers to be...) |
RECIPE FOR CONFECTIONERS' ICING |
| 1 cup sifted powdered sugar | cream or milk |
| 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract | red food coloring |
| Add sufficient cream or milk to the sifted powdered sugar to make of spreading consistency. Add vanilla and food coloring. |
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| Have a spooky, scary, or down right terrifying Halloween .....that's the best kind of Halloween to have!!!! Boo! to You,
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