Cocoa-pecan Crescents

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups ground pecans
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, with electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• 2 stir together flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, blending well.
• 3 stir in pecans.
• 4 cover; refrigerate dough 1 hour, or until firm enough to handle.
• 5 preheat oven to 375°.
• 6 for each cookie, shape scant 1 tablespoon dough into log about 2 ½ inches long; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7 shape each log into crescent shape, tapering ends.
• 8 bake 13-15 minutes, or until set.
• 9 cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 roll in confectioner’s sugar.