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Martha Stewart's Almond Crescent Cookies Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Cookie Recipes
Average Rating: (18 votes)
Yield: 5 dozen
 
Ingredients
  1/2  lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter  
  2/3  c Sifted confectioners' sugar,  
    Plus more for rolling  
  1  ts Vanilla extract  
  1/2  ts Almond extract  
  1  c Coarsely chopped almonds  
  2 1/3  c Sifted all-purpose flour  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Heat oven to 350 and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Cream together butter and 2/3 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in extracts, then add almonds. Stir in flour and beat until well mixed.

 
  2. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log 1 inch in diameter. Cut each log into 3/4-inch pieces, and roll each piece into a cylinder 2 inches long. Place cylinders 1 to 2 inches apart on baking sheets, and form into crescents.

 
  3. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let crescents cool, then roll in additional sugar.

 
  Makes 5 dozen crescents.

 
   


 



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