Halloween Lady Fingers Recipe

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Place almonds in a bowl, drizzle on enough red food coloring to coat almonds.

Stir almonds around so that they are evenly colored.

Place almonds on paper towel-lined platter to dry.

Work with one half of the dough at a time and keep the remainder refrigerated.

Scoop dough into tablespoonful-sized balls.

Roll each piece of dough into a finger shape.

Press 1 almond, pointy-end out, firmly into 1 end of cookie finger to form a nail.

Press the tines of a fork lightly into the dough just below the nail and in the center of the finger to form knuckles.

Place cookies, about 1-inch apart, on parchment-lined cookie sheets.

Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until pale golden.

When cookies are done, let cool on cookie sheet for 3 minutes. Remove cookies to platter to cool completely.

Repeat with remaining dough and almonds.