Halloween is a
holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. The word Halloween is a
shortening of All Hallows' Evening also known as Hallowe'en or All Hallows' Eve. .
Halloween is a time
of celebration and superstition. Traditional activities include
trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted
houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns.Masks and costumes were worn in an
attempt to mimic the evil spirits or appease them.
In a number
of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get
colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes
and sweet treats.
You will find
Jack-o-lanterns, masks, halloween candies and goodies everywhere.
To match the festive spirit my enthusiastic son wants
to bake something unusual for the halloween, so mumma search started and ended
with this recipe from Martha Stewart
Ingredients
Almonds-30 blanched
Eggs- 2
large
Vanilla
extract-1/4 teaspoon
Unsalted butter (1
stick )-8 tablespoons room temperature
Confectioners'
sugar/Powdered sugar-1/2 cup +3 tbsp
Pinch of salt
All purpose flour-
1 2/3 cups
Method
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and line it with parchment paper.
2. Separate 1 egg and keep aside the white portion.In a small bowl whisk egg yolk , remaining egg
and vanilla.Set aside.
2. In the bowl using the electric mixer or hand mixer combine butter, sugar and salt. Beat it on medium speed until it is well combined.Add egg mixture and beat until smooth for 2 minutes. Add the flour and make a dough. Chill until it is firm for around 20-30 minutes in a refrigerator.
( Dough will be smooth).
4.Divide the dough in half and keeping rest chilled and wrapped. Make around 15 portions from it.
5. On a lightly floured surface roll it in the shape of fingers. around 3-4 inches long. With a knife and hands make the shape and knuckles.
6. Transfer them to the baking sheet and lightly brush with egg white. Position almond nails and press them.
6. Bake until it is lightly brown for around 10-12 minutes.
It was fun baking it with my son and he enjoyed it alot .
You can colour the nails in red as original recipe has nails in red colour.
