Bones of the Dead cookies:

2 1/2 cups flour
4 oz hazelnuts
4 oz almonds
2 cups sugar
2 egg whites
The juice of a lemon
Butter for greasing the cookie sheet
Flour for the cookie sheet

Begin with a large bowl: combine the flour, egg whites, sugar, and lemon juice. Work in the nuts, leaving them whole, and continue kneading until you have a fairly firm dough.

Roll the ball of dough out with your hands on your work surface so as to obtain a snake; cut the snake into half-inch thick slices and shape the bit into bones with your hands.

Preheat your oven to 360°. Butter your cookie sheet, dust it with flour, lay the bones on it, and bake them for about 20 minutes. Let them cool before serving them.

Best served with sweet wine. 

As the boundaries between the dead and the living dissolve this Dia de los Muertos, or Samhain, or All Souls' Day, or Time When We Are Surrounded by People Dressed as Skeletons... who or what will you be thinking of?