Almond Crescent Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds, blanched
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 in food processor, process almonds until finely ground in an on off motion.
• 2 remove almonds from the work bowl.
• 3 cut butter in 6 pieces and place butter in the work bowl and process for 10 seconds.
• 4 add the sugar and process until light and creamy; add vanilla, salt and flour and process until combined.
• 5 add nuts and process only until combined.
• 6 place in a bowl and chill for 30 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°f degrees shape a tablespoon of dough into 1/2-inch thick sticks.
• 8 bend each stick into a crescent shape.
• 9 place on a greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
• 10 bake 15-20 minutes until cookies are dry but not brown.
• 11 cool slightly.
• 12 roll in powdered sugar.