Fatty, Dirty fingers for Halloween!Whisk together 1 stick of butter(1/2 cup, softened) with 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar. Add 1/2 a tsp of vanilla and 1/4 tsp of salt. Add 1/2 a cup of powdered oatmeal (You can powder it in a coffee grinder). Whisk to combine. Add a pinch of cinnamon powder or nutmeg powder for extra flavor. Now take a cup of all purpose flour and add in little by little. Mix with your hands to form a dough. I added a little less than one cup of flour. Shape into fingers(or any shapes you prefer) and press in an almond for the nail(blanch and peel the almonds first) on each cookie. Chill the unbaked cookies covered with a plastic wrap until it is firm. Bake 30 minutes in a 300 degree oven. Let it cool on a cooling rack. You can paint the nails using food colors if you want to.
This tastes great with a cup of milk or tea!
You can also dip the bottom end of the fingers in strawberry sauce and serve it with some more strawberry sauce sprinked around it. This will look like cut pieces of fingers in blood!
Be safe, and have fun trick or treating.
41 comments:
RP, what a unique idea...just love it!
AHHHH......!!!!
rp!! you nearly gave me a mini heart attack!!:D
What an excellent cookies. Fingernails almost looks real. I am going to throw up now, by the way it looks ,not the taste.I am sure it's yummy!!
Great work yow!!:D:D
RP, what are u upto? want to scare away the neighbourhood kids? Or have u been seeing Saw3?
I am still laughing. Good one.
Gosh...that really does look real.
OMG !! They look so real !! I wonder what was going on in the mind of the kids when they were hogging on these lil treats :-P
Hi RP! I saw this in one of the cooking shows in TLC (i think) yours look so real and scarrry!!!
Wow, those were scary!!! For a moment, I was like "whaaat is that?" and the next picture with the separated fingers was a lttle less heart stopping ... Good one
Definetely not part of the Indian culture. Unfortunately, people assimilate all these gruesome things thinking they are cool. How sad.
Wow!! Never seen like this before and good one. Thank you for visiting my page.
Oh my god...they look soo scary. Nice idea RP.
Arggghhh looks dirty dirty.... Neat trick for Haloween !!!
WOW !!!
Again WOW !!!!!
I have seen these before but didn't know how to make them. Thank you so much for sharing
RP that is horrendously perfect for Halloween! Did any kid stay at your house for a treat after a look at those? :-)
oh RP! I nearly thought they were real too! They look fantastic!
Well, that is scary! Good job!
Oooh..this is scary...RP...I will try your recipe with some other smilie face..:))Good job..And happy halloween.
Me again...Good that u didnt dip those fingers in strawberry sauce..Rp..:))
Hey..those looks very real to me..
shankari, thank you.
fh, :) yeah, they look dirty, but they taste like shortbread. Thanks.
shaheen, :) kids loved these. Thank you. Saw 3? Nah, we are happy with cartoon network & foodtv. Did you watch the movie?
jayashree, I too thought they would look real if I didn't paint the nails. Had I painted them in red, they would have looked pretty. Thank you.
priya, kids just loved these. My daughter hates almonds and she couldn't even figure out what did I use for nails, and she thought nails tasted great!
hema, thank you. I have seen people using m&m candies for nails. You can use any of your favorite roll out cookie dough to make these.
anu-sachin, thank you. Watch out, there are more scary cookies and cakes out there. :)
anonymous, I am sorry if it made you sad. When it comes to cooking and eating, I tend to adapt from all cultures and my family enjoy it. Also, I couldn't tell my kid that she can't go trick or treating and have treats just because she is an Indian while all her friends are out having fun. I think it would emotionally hurt her if I do so. Maybe when she grows up a little more, I will tell her about the differences between cultures and I hope she will understand. Thank you again, and I guess coming in anonymously to criticize is not part of the Indian culture either. ;) Come on, I can accept it whoever you are.
priya, thank you.
shilpa, I am glad I could scare you. :) Thanks for dropping by.
reavathi, thank you. Anything to make the little ones happy! What's better than seeing their innocent smiles!
archana, thank you.
krithika, thank you. I hope you will like these.
Wow...they look so realistic! Great job, hope you and your family had a great time on Halloween.
Mind if I add you to my blogroll?
Cheers,Trupti
ashwini, thank you. Kids loved these.
linda, thank you.
gineesha, thank you.
annita, thank you. It will work for any shapes. But remember to chill them before baking, otherwise the cookies may spread out while baking.
trupti, thank you for your visit. It's my pleasure.
My, those look so REAL!!
Thank you sailu. Good to see you back after a long long time.
Oh My Gosh! I almost fell down from my chair while opening your blog RP, pedippichu kalanju :)
But my picky eater will love them just beacause of the same reason, I am sure :)
they look so real..thanks for sharing..and happy halloween:-)
ohmygosh!!! eeeewwwww! but great for Halloween!!
Hi RP,
OMG!!!!!! SSSSooooooo Scary!!!
yeowwwwwwwww, that looks perfectly eerie RP, you should be a sculptor!! The pics gave me a 440 ka shock!
Superb work!
I think my heart stopped for a second. When i read i was impressed nice idea.
Uh oh, bittu's mama! Hold my hand and get up. I hope bittu and pavi will like these cookies.
Thank you meena.
manasi, thanks.
menutoday, thanks.
nandita, :) thank you for your visit.
anony, I am glad you liked the idea. Thanks.
I did the same cookie.But I did with store bought sugar cookie dough and I used almonds which I painted with red food clour to make it all the more creepy.
>RP, Did you come to Madam Tussaud's for a training?!...perrrrrrrrrrfect! I wasnt doing much blog trotting these days...so missed it...Very very creative.........I dint know that you had started your malayalam blog as well...wonderful beginning...but as the name indicates is it going to bloom once in 12 yrs?.....I liked your malayalam a lot...Pinney kaalanum, pachadiyum ellam ini njan RP yudey blog il vannu kazhikkana plan! Njan ippo immini valiya madichiya!! ;)
Ohh that scared me, that was so realistic and perfect for halloween.
HEY ! THEY LOOK SO SCARY ! IT's ONE OF GREAT PIECE OF ART I WOULD SAY!
hey tat was the best closest to real thing for halloweens...shit...makes me feel so uncomfortable...how did u manage???
Hmm I was here to say that they doesnt look good..and say that this is not what I was expecting to c from a Indian food blog....
But after cing ur comments of some X - anonymous...I understand...we have to make things to make our kids happy..yaa u should tell them once they r grown..good work I appreciate it now...
anony, wow, your cookie fingers should have looked pretty with the nail polish on! Wish I could see it.
shynee, thank you. Yeah, Madam Tussaudile training kazhinju ini shyneede prathima undakkaan pokunnu, oru madichikkuttiyude! maryaadakku vannu blogiyillenkil oru koottumillaattoo.
Thank you lakshmiammal.
Thanks anonymous.
Rashmi, thanks.
anonymous, thank you for understanding and supporting. I respect the customs and culture of the country I live in while holding our own culture close to my heart.
eeeewwwwww! it really looks scary!
eeks is all i can say!!! :)
They look really scary! I have seen somewhere picture of similar ones with peanuts as nails, but those look much better! :)
Margot
p.s. I will make them next year, this Halloween we had spider cookies:
http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=971
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