I made these horrifying Witch Fingers for Halloween. I can say that they were quite a big hit
I got the recipe from a Spanish blog
I know! Halloween time is over for 2010. I've been very busy recently for remodelling our kitchen. We haven't quite finished yet but I found some time to post a recipe
Ingredients100g butter
50g sugar
1 pack vanillin sugar (5gr)
2 eggs
A pinch of salt
300g flour
Blanched almonds
Any red color jam (Strawberry jam that I bought wasn't as red as I liked. So, after I dipped fingers into jam I used few drops of Alchermes liqueur for a better color and resulted great!)
Preparation * Mix butter, sugar and vanillin sugar for 3 minutes at 37ºC on Speed 3
* Add eggs and a pinch of salt. Mix for 5 seconds on Speed 3
* Add flour and mix for 20 seconds on Speed 6. (If not well mixed mix for some more seconds)
* Roll and wrap with plastic film. Put it in the fridge at least for 30 minutes (I put in the freezer for 30 minutes)
* Get small pieces from the dough. Roll them into a finger shape. Place them in an oven tray which is covered with baking paper
* For nails, place almonds, and press them into dough a little.
* Make small cuts (not too deep) with a knife to make them look like wrinkles on the fingers
* Bake them in preheated oven at 180ºC for 30-40 minutes
* After baked, remove almonds gently, spread a little jam under the nails and then place the almonds back
* Spread a little jam also at the bottom of the fingers and place them into the serving plate
Enjoy:)
Photos http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/11/witch-fingers.htmlhttp://guisarte.blogspot.com/2008/11/dedos-de-bruja-th.html
