Severed Finger Sugar Cookies
Mark Evitt
Updated Aug 18, 2022
Step aside, ladyfingers, there's a scary new dessert for spooky season: Halloween Severed Finger Sugar Cookies! This fall, prepare a platter of these truly ghoulish cookies, made easy with Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix. Talk about a tasty finger food!
Severed Finger Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup raw sliced almonds
- 1/4 cup seedless strawberry jam
- 7 drops red food color
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
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Step2In 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 sliced almond at one end to make the fingernail. Repeat to use up dough. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step3Bake 15 minutes. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, 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.
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Nutrition
100
Calories
2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 15
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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