Zombie Finger Cookies

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It’s the countdown to Halloween, and creepy things are brewing in my kitchen. What’s on the menu? Severed zombie finger cookies! Disturbingly macabre yet you’d be surprise on how horribly delicious these are.

**No zombies were harmed in making this blog post :) **

Now, while it looks daunting making these creepy pointers, these Halloween cookies are actually quite easy to make. It would be a cool Halloween project to do with the kids and these will be a big hit in a Halloween party! Your guests will be dying to eat this “finger food":)

Made out of shortbread cookie recipe, it is simply formed into a tapered finger; a sliced almond is added on one end for fingernail. I find that chilling the formed zombie fingers before baking prevents the dough from spreading too much. The first batch of fingers I baked weren’t chilled and the fingers lost a bit of its form and details.

Strawberry or any other red colored jam can be used in place of the red candy melts to attach the almond slices. And whole almonds can also be used in place of the thinner almond slices.

How to Make Zombie Finger Cookies

You will need:

1 Recipe Shortbread Cookie Recipe (below)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
red candy melts (or any red colored jam)
cocoa powder
brush
small spatula or knife

You will need to make 1 recipe of the shortbread cookie. If the dough has been chilling in the fridge for some time, it will be hard like butter. Leave it out at room temperature until it is soft enough to handle, about 1 hour.

Take a bit of the dough, when rolled it’s about 1”. I like to use a small ice cream scoop to make uniform sizes. I don’t fill the scoop though, I find that a full scoop makes big fingers. Not that anything’s wrong with that. I think I modeled these fingers after mine :)