
17 Desserts For the Holidays
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Heat oven to 350°F.
Knead drops of food color into dough until it is a yucky shade of green.
Knead flour into dough.
Shape into a 1-in.-thick disk, wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll out.
On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll dough to 1/4 inches thick.
Using a hand shaped cookie cutter, cut out hands.
Re roll and cut scraps once; reserve remaining scraps.
Place half the hands 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
Make a 1-in. cut between each finger toward palm.
Pinch fingers so each is about 1 inches longer, thinner, wavy and gnarled. Press down on fingertips and on palms to make a little thinner.
Mark knuckles with back of a knife.
Roll reserved scraps into balls for warts. Gently press warts on hands.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes until pale golden around edges.
Remove and immediately press candy-corn on fingertips for nails.
Cool hands on sheet on a wire rack 5 minutes before removing cookies to rack to cool completely.
Repeat with remaining hands.