These are adorable! I found it easier to form them by rolling 'worm' shapes in my hand with my fingers open so there are knobby places. Then put almond on smaller end near a small knob. Put wrinkles in with back of paring knife. For large knuckle, I used a plastic oval-shaped 1/8 t, pressing the open side down over the middle knobby area then put the wrinkles in there. The less precise you are with your formation of the fingers, the better they turn out. I will try to figure out how to post the pictures I took so you can see what I mean. The taste is good but would be better (sweeter) if you could roll them in confectioner's sugar. However, I think that would take away from the wanted effect. I might serve them with some to dust in on the side. I also did not have gel icing so made my own with corn syrup and red gel food coloring. Worked fine. Thanks, Sandra, for this brilliant idea!

Reviewed On: Oct. 31, 2009

Dara, thank you for this recipe. I did take reviewers' suggestions to decrease the amount of yeast to 1 1/2 t which made a beautiful loaf in my bread machine. I also used 1 c of whole white wheat flour in place of one of the cups of bread flour. Nice sandwich bread and beautiful toast.

Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009

Made this yesterday and it was SO SO good! Thank you so much for this idea, Adam. Instead of water I used broth from my roasted soy/sesame chicken breasts. I can't use onion or garlic so I need all the flavor help I can get. I did not simmer the beans more than 45 minutes since I was worried the black beans would be mushy. I just let the veggies simmer for about half an hour first, then added the beans. Absolutely delicious!

Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009