Bewitching Hands

Step 1: Heat oven to 350°F.

Step 2: Knead drops of food color into dough until it is a yucky shade of green.

Step 3: Knead flour into dough.

Step 4: Shape into a 1-in.-thick disk, wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll out.

Step 5: On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll dough to 1/4 inches thick.

Step 6: Using a hand shaped cookie cutter, cut out hands.

Step 7: Re roll and cut scraps once; reserve remaining scraps.

Step 8: Place half the hands 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.

Step 9: Make a 1-in. cut between each finger toward palm.

Step 10: 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.

Step 11: Mark knuckles with back of a knife.

Step 12: Roll reserved scraps into balls for warts. Gently press warts on hands.

Step 13: Bake 7 to 9 minutes until pale golden around edges.

Step 14: Remove and immediately press candy-corn on fingertips for nails.

Step 15: Cool hands on sheet on a wire rack 5 minutes before removing cookies to rack to cool completely.

Step 16: Repeat with remaining hands.