Ladie's Fingers

I must apologize, for I can't find where I've placed this recipe. It was actually right off the Martha Stewart show and I jotted it down a few years ago. Linds and I have made it the past few Halloweens for her classes and it's always a huge hit...they look exactly like fingers and taste delicious. A recipe is posted on Martha's site, but it's not the original one that we made (which I think was just perfect) - this new one she's posted uses a pretzel type dough. We really liked the original one, which was a melt in your mouth sugar cookie variation - so I will stick with that - why fix it if it ain't broken? I will try and find/post it. Until then, use any sugar cookie recipe that you have available. Here's one that you could use:

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
blanched whole almonds, cut in half (lengthwise)
red food coloring

PREPARATION:

Start by "painting fingernails" - brush red food coloring on rounded side of almonds and set aside to dry. These will make "ladie's" fingers...for men's, leave them uncolored.

Cream butter and sugar until light; beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour and baking powder together; stir into creamed mixture. Refrigerate for about 1 hour, or until dough is firm enough to roll. On a floured surface roll out dough, then cut/form into long "finger" shapes. Use a knife to score "knuckles", then place a "fingernail" almond on each one and push in, to set in place.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350°. Makes about 7 to 8 dozen small sugar cookies, or fewer with large cutters.