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Almond Crescent Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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⦁ Prep time: 15 minutes
⦁ Cook time: 20 minutes
⦁ Yield: Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies

⦁ 1 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature
⦁ 2/3 cup of sugar
⦁ 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
⦁ 1 teaspoon of almond extract
⦁ 2 1/2 cups of flour
⦁ 1 cup of almond flour (can substitute ground almonds*)
⦁ 1/4 cup of powdered sugar for sprinkling

*You can use slivered, blanched almonds and grind them up, but you will have a very crumbly, hard to work with dough. It’ll still taste good though.
Directions:
Directions:
1 Beat the butter and the sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and mix.

2 Add the flour and almond flour. Mix thoroughly.

3 Take generous tablespoons of the dough (it will be slightly crumbly) and roll it into a small ball, about an inch in diameter, and then shape into a crescent shape. Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

4 Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes or until a light golden brown.

Dust with powder sugar.

 

 

 

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