Mom's favorite almond crescents
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Almonds; ground |
| 1 | cup | Butter; NO substitutes |
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Lemon zest |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract; OR almond |
| 1½ | cup | All-purpose flour; sifted |
| 1 | dash | Salt |
| Confectioner's sugar | ||
Directions
Cream butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Blend in extracts. Mix in flour, salt and almonds. Chill thoroughly. Roll pieces of dough into rolls about 21/" to 3" long and ½" thick. Form into crescents. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees F until light brown.
While warm, roll crescents in confectioners' sugar. Cool on racks and store in a tightly sealed container.
Recipe by: Mary Spero
Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by MarySpero@... (MS MARY E SPERO) on 4 No, v 1997