Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup almonds, whole blanched
- 1 tube red decorator gel
Ingredients:
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In a bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and
vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate
for 30 mins.
- Working with 1/4 of the dough, keeping remaining in refrigerator,
roll 1 heaping teaspoonful, at a time, into finger shapes. For each "finger" piece,
use one almond piece as a fingernail; squeeze the center of the finger
to make a knuckle shape and make several slash marks also for the knuckle.
- Place on lightly greased baking sheet and bake at 325F for 20 to 25
mins or until golden in color.
- Let cool for 3 min and then lift almond gently and squeeze red gel
into space and press almond back in place.
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