Ingredients

* 3/4 cup unsalted light butter or margarine, softened
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 2 egg whites
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
* 48 chocolate kisses
* 1 small tube orange decorating icing

Directions

Melt chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Set aside while combining other ingredients.

In large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Add egg whites and vanilla and beat until well mixed. Gradually stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Finally, fold in melted (slightly cooled) chocolate just until blended. Divide dough in half, wrap in non-stick plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies just begin to crack. Remove from oven and immediately press one chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool one minute, then remove from cookie sheets to cool completely. Draw rim around edge of each cookie with orange icing, as well as around each chocolate candy.

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Witches Finger Ingredients:

* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 cup powdered 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
* 3/4 cup whole or large sliced almonds
* 1 tube red decorating gel

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine the butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat together with an electric mixer; gradually add the flour, baking powder, and salt, continually beating; refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
3. Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Place 1 large 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 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.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Remove the almond from the end of each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red decorating gel into the cavity; replace the almond to cause the gel to ooze out around the tip of the cookie. If you don’t want the cookies to look scary, you can also use the gel to make the nails red on the top.

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