Dead man’s fingers

Ingredients:

• ½ cup (125ml) castor sugar
• ½ cup (125ml) butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 cups (300g) flour    
• ½ tsp (3ml) vanilla essence
• Milk, as needed                
• About 14 almonds              
• Red food colouring, for decorating

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.    
2. Pulse castor sugar, butter, egg, flour and vanilla in a food processor until it starts getting sticky.
3. Add milk, a dash at a time, so that the mixture combines to form a ball.          
4. Divide dough into 14 small walnut-sized balls, and roll balls into logs that resemble fingers.
5. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.            
6. Using a small, sharp knife, cut incisions that resemble knuckles into the dough.            
7. Press an almond, to resemble a nail, into the tip of each ‘finger’.
8. Bake for 10-20 minutes, then cool.
9. Paint the end of each finger with red food colouring.