Frightful finger cookies, a delicious (and braces-friendly) Halloween recipe!

Our team at Graber Orthodontics know how tempting this time of the year can be for your sweet tooth. With all of the caramel, candy corn, and lollipops that are often passed around to Halloween trick-or-treaters, we know that it can sometimes be hard to find hard candy alternatives.

We thought we'd share a great braces-friendly Halloween recipe with all of our patients, courtesy of the American Association of Orthodontics. Enjoy these Frightful Finger Cookies!!

Makes: Approx 24 cookies

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 3/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup almond slices, or whole almonds

1 tube red decorating gel

1 tube green food coloring (optional)


Here are the baking instructions.

Enjoy!

- Dr. Graber and team