- prep: 1 hr
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 1 hr
Summary
We guarantee you'll be cackling with delight as you roll and stretch bread dough into these shockingly realistic gnarled fingers, from the fungus-green almond-slice nails with bloody cuticles, to the pretzel-salt warts. Turn these into the centerpiece of a Halloween party and get your kids or your friends in on the action. Give prizes for the scariest and most realistic. Above all, let your freak flag fly high!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water (105°F to 115°F)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 10 drops green food coloring
- 48 sliced almonds or peanut halves
- 8 drops red food coloring, diluted with 1/4 teaspoon water
- 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water (egg wash)
- 1/2 tablespoon pretzel salt or coarse sea salt
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup coarse-grain Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or mild honey
- Special equpment: Stand mixer with paddle attachment and dough hook; 1 or 2 small paintbrushes
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 723 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 22 g 34.25%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 17.35%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 12 mg 3.86%
- Sodium: 2516 mg 104.84%
- Calcium: 36 mg 3.6%
- Potassium: 277 mg 7.92%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 15 mg 82.75%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 105 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 5 g 21.77%
- Sugar: 6 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 11 g
- Vitamin A 0.36%
- Vitamin C 0.89%
- Vitamin D 0.48%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch6
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total8 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq