Best Finger Cookies Recipes

WITCH FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray or line with a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in the flour mixture until a dough forms.
• Using about1 1/2 tablespoons of dough at a time, roll the dough between your palms into 5-inch-long fingers about 1/2-inch thick. Firmly press a sliced almond into the end of each finger to make fingernails. Make several horizontal cuts, about 1/4 inch deep and 1/2 inch long, in the center of each finger to make knuckles. Press the dough on either side of the cuts to shape the knuckles. Arrange the fingers on the prepared baking sheet and bake until light golden, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer the fingers to a wire rack and cool completely.
• In a small saucepan, heat the jam over low heat until warm, about 2 minutes. Dip the blunt ends of the fingers in the warm jam and arrange on a platter.

CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, sugar and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans (dough will be crumbly)., Shape tablespoonfuls into 2-in. logs. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 12-14 minutes. Carefully roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

SEVERED FINGER SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• In medium bowl, mix cookie mix and egg, using fork or spatula, until well mixed and texture of sand or bread crumbs. Squeeze handful of dough crumbs together tightly to form small log or "finger." Score top of log with butter knife to shape the knuckle, then press 1 slivered almond at one end to make the fingernail. Repeat to use up dough. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Bake 15 minutes. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix jam and food color with whisk. Trim base of "finger" with fork to give it a severed look. Dip base of finger into jam.

HALLOWEEN FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Beat butter and sugar together using an electric mixer until fluffy. Blend in vanilla extract and salt. Mix in flour and ground pecans. Shape about 1 tablespoon of dough into a finger, about 3 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. Repeat with remaining dough to form about 50 fingers total.
• Place fingers 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet; they will expand a little while baking. Stick an almond 'nail' onto the end of each finger. Lightly score some 'knuckles' into the centers using a knife.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and very lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Let cool.

WITCH'S FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 325ºF.
• RESERVE 36 nuts for later use; process remaining nuts in food processor until finely ground. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, extract and salt in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in ground nuts. (Dough will be stiff.).
• ROLL dough into 36 (3-inch) "fingers," using 1 tablespoons dough for each. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Press 1 of the reserved nuts into dough in 1 end of each finger for the fingernail. Use sharp knife to make 3 crosswise slits in top of each finger for the knuckles.
• BAKE 15 to 20 minute or until lightly browned. Cool 3 minute on baking sheet; carefully transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.

SPOOKY WITCH FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl mix together the butter, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
• Stir in salt, baking powder, and flour and mix until combined well.
• Add in green food coloring until you get the color you desire.
• Leave dough in the mixing bowl and cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from fridge and roll dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.
• Then roll each ball into a finger shape about 4-5 inches long. Press an almond into the end of each finger. Using a toothpick make indentations to resemble creases in the fingers where knuckles would be.
• Place fingers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until set. You don't want to overcook these cookies or they will dry out and break easily.
• Cool completely before adding the gel. When cooled, remove the almond and place a little red gel at the base of the nail bed and then replace the almond. Press so that the gel shows around the nail.
• You can also add gel or jam to the end of the finger or you can leave them the way they are.
• These witch fingers are so delicious dipped in jam.

CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, sugar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in pecans.
• Dough will be crumbly.
• Shape tablespoonsfuls into 2-inch logs and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; cool on wire racks.
• You can drizzle melted chocolate over the cookies if you desire.

RICH AND BUTTERY CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, sugar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in pecans (dough will be crumbly).
• Shape by tablespoonfuls into 2-inch logs.
• Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until just lightly browned.
• Remove the warm cookies from baking sheet; roll in icing sugar to coat.
• Cool on wire racks.

FILBERT FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix butter, flour, sugar and milk.
• Add filberts and roll them into small balls and then into 'finger' shapes. The butter will hold the mix together.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes and then place on a cooling rack.
• Once the cookies are cooled, melt the chocolate and dip either end of the finger. Enjoy!

FINGER SANDWICH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and food coloring of your choice. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Place dough in a pastry bag fitted with a number 4-S tip (the S means 'star'), and pipe out in 2 inch bars on greased baking pan. (Can also be piped into rosettes or other shapes)
• Bake for about 5 to 7 minutes. Put baked cookies together with jam, frosting or melted chocolate.

CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a mixing bowl,cream the butter and cream cheese
• 2. Beat in vanilla extract
• 3. Combine the flour,sugar,and salt
• 4. Gradually add to the creamed mixture
• 5. Stir in pecans{dough will be crumbly}
• 6. Shape tablespoons into logs
• 7. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• 8. Bake at 375,pre-heated oven,for 12-14 minutes,until light brown
• 9. Roll warm cookies in some confectioner's sugar;COOL ON RACKS
• 10. YIELD:about 2 dozen
• 11. Sorry I don't know how to post pictures of my receipes yet.

WITCHES FINGER COOKIES IN RASPBERRY COULIS

Steps:

• Raspberry Coulis:
• Cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and position the rack to the center position. Dust the work surface with flour. Place the dough on the table and dust with flour. With a rolling pin, work the dough, rolling back and forth. After 3 rolls, stop and move the dough around (you don't want it to stick to the work surface). Dust with additional flour and continue to roll until it is 1/2-inch thick. Cut out as many finger shapes as you can, gathering ad rerolling scraps as necessary. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature.
• Icing: Sift the confectioners' sugar into a large mixing bowl. Add egg whites all at once. Combine with a rubber spatula until smooth. Divide the confectioners' sugar between 4 to 6 small bowls. Add drops of food coloring to each bowl, creating different colors. If you find the icing to be on the thick side (unspreadable), adjust with tiny drops of water.
• Apply the icing as desired to make witches fingers.
• Raspberry Coulis: In a medium-sized saucepot over medium heat, combine 12 ounces of the raspberries, orange zest, water, sugar, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and cook for an additional 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and puree with a handheld mixer. Strain into desired small bowl. Add the remaining 4 ounces of fresh raspberries. Serve with Witches Fingers Cookies.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and reserve. Place the butter in a large mixing bowl and soften by hand. Add the sugar and continue to blend with hands or a rubber spatula for 2 minutes, until the mixture resembles light yellow-colored mashed potatoes. Transfer to a mixer.
• Crack the eggs, 1 at a time, into the butter mixture and combine until well-blended. Add tha vanilla extract. Add the sifted flour mixture and continue to blend for 2 to 3 minutes until a dough is formed. Remove dough from the mixer and divide in half. Place 1/2 of the dough back into the mixer. On low speed, add the cocoar powder and continue to mix until you have a chocolate dough. Wrap both doughs in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to overnight.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and reserve. Place the butter in a large mixing bowl and soften by hand. Add the sugar and continue to blend with hands or a rubber spatula for 2 minutes, until the mixture resembles light yellow-colored mashed potatoes. Transfer to a mixer. Crack the eggs, 1 at a time, into the butter mixture and combine until well-blended. Add tha vanilla extract. Add the sifted flour mixture and continue to blend for 2 to 3 minutes until a dough is formed. Remove dough from the mixer and divide in half. Place 1/2 of the dough back into the mixer. On low speed, add the cocoar powder and continue to mix until you have a chocolate dough. Wrap both doughs in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to overnight. ;
• Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck .

HALLOWEEN FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°. Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, egg and food colors in large bowl with spoon. Stir in 1 1/4 cups of the Bisquick mix. Shape dough into a ball. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Bisquick mix on countertop or other hard surface. Roll ball of dough in Bisquick mix. Knead dough 10 times.
• Divide dough into 10 pieces. Roll each piece into 6-inch log, using lightly floured hands. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased large cookie sheet.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Cut each strip crosswise in half. Spread frosting over rounded ends of cookies to look like fingernails. Drizzle gel over cut ends of cookies to look like blood.

ADDIE'S CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Combine flour, sugar, and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in pecans. Shape tablespoons into 2 inch logs. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned. Roll warm cookies in sugar and cool.

WITCH FINGER COOKIES - FOR HALLOWEEN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 325 grease a cookie sheet
• 2. Place sugar, and softened butter,egg,almond flavoring,and vanilla in a bowel. Beat with an electric beater until the mixture is creamy. Then beat in the flour,salt, and baking powder. Separate the dough into 4 portions. Cover them with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Remove one portion from the refrigerator, and shape the dough into finger shapes, using about 1 teaspoon of dough for each finger, They may look thin, but they will puff up as they bake. Before baking place an almond "fingernail" in the end of each finger, and paint around the nail with red jel. Use a paring knife to make some knuckles across the center if each finger. Put the fingers on the prepared cookie sheet and bake till light golden brown, about 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining dough.

FINGER-PAINT HOLIDAY WREATH COOKIES

Steps:

• In medium bowl, beat shortening, butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth. Beat in flour and baking soda, scraping bowl occasionally, until well blended.
• Shape dough into a roll, 5 inches long and 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1 hour 30 minutes or until very firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Cut dough into 1/4-inch slices. On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices 2 inches apart. With 1-inch round cookie cutter or cleaned plastic bottle cap, cut out centers of cookies. Cut each cutout center part cookie in half. Place 2 halves at bottom of each wreath to shape bow.
• Bake 6 to 11 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of the frosting in small microwavable bowl. Spread remaining frosting on cookies. Spoon 1/4 cup of reserved frosting into another small microwavable bowl. Microwave each bowl of frosting uncovered on High about 5 seconds or until warm; stir until pourable. Stir green food color into frosting in one bowl; stir red food color into frosting in other bowl.
• Create a wreath pattern on frosted cookies by dipping one fingertip into warm green frosting and lightly pressing onto wreath part of cookies, repeating to resemble wreath. Create a bow by dipping another fingertip into warm red frosting and lightly coating bow part of cookies. Rewarm frosting if it gets too stiff. Press 3 to 9 cinnamon candies onto wreath to look like berries.

MONSTER FINGER COOKIES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Roll out sugar cookie dough into a thin line, dough will spread when baking. Cut into finger lengths. Score with a knife at knuckles and apply an almond shard at the tip. Bake as directed on package. Brush cooled cookies with a little cocoa-powder to add contrast.

FRIGHTENING WITCH FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Reserve 40 nuts for later use; process remaining nuts in food processor until finely ground. Beat next 5 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in ground nuts. (Dough will be stiff.)
• Roll dough into 40 (3-inch) "fingers," using 1 Tbsp. dough for each. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Press 1 reserved nut into end of each dough finger for the fingernail. Use sharp knife to make 3 crosswise slits in top of each finger for the knuckles.
• Bake 15 to 20 min. or until lightly browned. Cool 3 min. on baking sheet; carefully transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1) In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. 2) Stir in pecans (dough will be crumbly). Shape tablespoonfuls into 2" logs. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. 3) Bake at 375* for 12-14 minutes or until lighly browned. Carefully roll the warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; cool on wire racks.

CREAM CHEESE FINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, sugar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in pecans (dough will be crumbly).
• Shape tablespoonfuls into 2" logs. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375* for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Carefully roll the warm cookies in confectioners sugar cool on a wire rack