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My mom is Swedish and growing up, one of my favorite Christmas cookies was always "Finska Fingrar", directly translated: Finnish Fingers. Slightly morbid, and perhaps better suited for American Halloween, they are essentially shortbread-esque butter cookies. You roll out a snake, then cut it into cookies the size and shape of fingers. They are brushed with eggwash then sprinkled with Parl Sokker (missing an umlaut but still AKA Pearl Sugar). The cookies become barely golden when baked, while the sugar stays bright white. Both the cookie and the sugar share a crumbly texture where conventional sugar would interupt with grit.