A Creepy Halloween Dessert

If you are throwing a Halloween party, I have got the perfect dessert for you. Kitchen Table Scraps has created a creepy halloween dessert that are bound to scare your guests. Blogger Rene has turned a simple panna cotta, a creamy Italian dessert, into a scary eyeball with the use of kiwi’s and raisins. For good measure, she surrounded it with raspberry coulis to look like, well you know. To learn how to make her creepy coconut kiwin panna cotta, click here.

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Ingredients:

Panna Cotta:

⅓ c. shredded, dried coconut (unsweetened)

¼ c. raisins or other dark-colored dried fruit.

1½ t. unflavored, powdered gelatin

1T. rum (optional, substitute water if you prefer)

1 c. whole milk

1 c. coconut milk

¼ c. sugar

3 kiwis

Coulis:

1-2 c. frozen raspberries

sugar

Lens:

1½t. gelatin

½ c. boiling water

1T. lime juice

1T. sugar

by Leah Rodrigues

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Witch Fingers: A Halloween Treat

These spooky cookies are actually quite delicious…if you can muster up the courage to bite into one!

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Yield: 

• 60 fingers
• Other Names:
• Shortbread Witch’s Fingers, spooky finger cookies

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Slivered almonds (approximately 3/4 cup)
• Strawberry or raspberry jam

Preparation: 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and lightly grease baking sheets.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract. Beat together with an electric mixer; gradually add the flour, baking powder, and salt, continually beating; refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes.

Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time onto a piece of waxed paper. Use the waxed paper to roll the dough into a thin finger-shaped cookie. Press one slivered almond into one end of each cookie to give the appearance of a long fingernail. Squeeze cookie near the tip and again near the center of each to give the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into the dough with a sharp knife at the same points to help give a more finger-like appearance. Arrange the shaped cookies on the baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove the almond from the end of each cookie and carefully spread a bit of jam on the tip of each finger. Replace the almond to cause the jam to ooze out around the tip of the cookie.

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Source URL: http://www.foodista.com/recipe/8KLWFRT7/witch-fingers

author: akpoff