Almond Crescents II recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup shortening
½ cup butter
⅔ cup ground blanched almonds
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Nutrition Info

97.7 calories
carbohydrate: 8.3 g
cholesterol: 6.8 mg
fat: 6.8 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 2.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 35.2 mg
sugar: 3.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix together shortening, butter and almonds. Sift in flour and salt. Add vanilla.

  2. Chill dough until firm.

  3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).

  4. Roll dough with hands into 3 inch lengths, pencil thick. Form into crescents on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until just slightly brown -- about 16 minutes. Cool on pan

  5. While still slightly warm, carefully dip in a mixture of confectioner's sugar and cinnamon. These are extremely fragile cookies -- handle with care!

Recipe Yield

6 dozen

Recipe Note

Crisp, delicate almond cookies. A Christmas Favorite!

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