| 1. | Combine the sugar, egg, butter, almond extract, and vanilla in a bowl. |
| 2. | Mix in the flour, and salt. |
| 3. | Cover and refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes, or until it’s firm. |
| 4. | When you’re ready to shape the cookies, only take out a small portion of the dough at a time. |
| 5. | Shape the cookies into fingers by rolling and working with your hands. |
| 6. | Score the top of the cookie with a knife or spatula to make it look like the wrinkles in your knuckle. |
| 7. | Press an imprint into the tip of the cookie with your finger to make a spot for the almond finger nail. |
| 8. | Press an almond into the tip of each finger to look like a fingernail. |
| 9. | Placed on a cooking sheet lightly coated with no-stick cooking spray and bake at 325` for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cookies are a very light golden brown. |
| 10. | Let the cookies cool on a drying rack. |
| 11. | Use melting chocolate to go around the outside of the almond nail, giving a ghoulish appearance. Just melt the chocolate, put it in an icing piping bag, and cut a very small hole in the tip. Then pipe around the nail. |
