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🍽️ Spooky Witch Fingers for Halloween

75 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 100 g flour
• 50 g ground, peeled almond kernels
• 100 g cold butter
• 70 g sugar
• 4 drops bitter almond flavoring
• 1 egg yolk
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 20 almond kernels

Instructions

1. 1. Mix the flour with the ground almonds, the cold butter, the sugar, the flavoring, the egg yolk, and the salt.
2. 2. Knead the ingredients quickly into a smooth dough.
3. 3. Wrap the dough in cling film.
4. 4. Place the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
5. 5. Put the whole almonds into boiling water.
6. 6. Let the almonds steep in the water for about five minutes.
7. 7. Drain the water.
8. 8. Shock the almonds with cold water.
9. 9. Place the almonds on kitchen paper and let them drip dry.
10. 10. Squeeze the soft almond skins off the almonds.
11. 11. Spread the peeled almonds out on a kitchen towel.
12. 12. Let the almonds dry completely.
13. 13. Take the dough out of the refrigerator.
14. 14. Divide the dough into 20 to 25 equal pieces.
15. 15. Roll each piece into a strand about 10 centimeters long.
16. 16. Shape the strands into finger shapes.
17. 17. Press an almond as a fingernail into the end of each finger.
18. 18. Press small wrinkles into the joints with a knife.
19. 19. Place the shaped fingers on a plate.
20. 20. Put the plate back in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
21. 21. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees top and bottom heat.
22. 22. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
23. 23. Place the fingers on the prepared tray.
24. 24. Bake the fingers for about 15 minutes until light brown.
25. 25. Let the baked fingers cool down completely.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 75
• Protein: 1 g · Fett/Fat: 5 g · Carbs: 6 g