Frightful Finger Cookies Recipe

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Frightful Finger Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • red food coloring, and
  • blanched almond (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in bowl of electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  4. Add vanilla and salt.
  5. Add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, blending well after each addition.
  6. Stir in pecans.
  7. Using 1 heaping tablespoonful per cookie, shape dough into fingers about 3 inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter.
  8. Place dough on prepared cookie sheet.
  9. Using a knife, lightly score fingers a few times across center and near top to resemble knuckles.
  10. Paint almonds with food coloring and press into top of each cookie to resemble fingernail.
  11. Optionaly you can make an indentation in of cookie top to resemble a fingernail.
  12. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 265.86 Kcal (1113 kJ)
Calories from fat 175.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.53g 30%
Cholesterol 20.34mg 7%
Sodium 158.38mg 7%
Potassium 284.93mg 6%
Total Carbs 21.2g 7%
Sugars 8.61g 34%
Dietary Fiber 1.16g 5%
Protein 2.97g 6%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 17.8mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 551.25 Kcal (2308 kJ)
Calories from fat 364.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 40.5g 30%
Cholesterol 42.17mg 7%
Sodium 328.4mg 7%
Potassium 590.8mg 6%
Total Carbs 43.95g 7%
Sugars 17.84g 34%
Dietary Fiber 2.41g 5%
Protein 6.15g 6%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 3%
Iron 0.8mg 2%
Calcium 36.9mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.7
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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