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Nut Crescents

Yields:1 batch
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation25 minutes
Cooking15 minutes
Ready In40 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups butter or margarine, unsalted, softened
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 each egg yolks
4 cups flour, all-purpose sifted before measuring
1 cup almonds pecans, or walnuts, finely crushed
--- Topping
2 each egg whites
1 cup almonds pecans or walnuts, finely crushed
1/2 cup sugar granulated
1 x powdered sugar for sprinkling

Directions

1. Cream butter and confectioners' sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Beat in flour and 1 c ground nuts until mixed. (Dough can be refrigerated up to several days; soften slightly before shaping cookies)

2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.

3. For topping, beat egg whites lightly with fork in shallow dish until frothy. Mix 1 cup nuts and granulated sugar in separate shallow dish.

4. Roll a generous teaspoon of the dough in the palm of your hands into a crescent shape. Dip top of crescent in egg white and then into nut-sugar mixture. Place crescents on baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake until bottoms are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on pan a few minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle lightly with confectioners' sugar before serving.

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Yakimondu

this stuff is so good

 
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