Almond Crescents

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup soft margarine (not butter)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup ground almonds
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar (approximately, used for coating)

Recipe

• 1 cream together margarine, sugar, and almonds.
• 2 sift together flour and salt. then add to creamed mixture.
• 3 refrigerate 1 hour.
• 4 form into small crescents (or roll into balls if you wish) and bake on un-greased cookie sheets for 15 minutes.
• 5 cool slightly till lukewarm. then take each cookie and roll and coat in powdered sugar.
• 6 note: when rolling be sure not to roll crescents when too hot, or they will break apart. if they are too cool, then the powdered sugar won't stick.