
The crescent cookies were truly magnificent. The kind of cookie that can be eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea or served after dinner. I personally preferred them without the confectioners' sugar, but I must admit white-dusted cookies look so more special - especially in this weather! Rating: 4- out of 5.

Almond Crescent Cookies: The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook - Allysa Torey & Jennifer Appel
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softenened
- ⅓ cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup finely ground almonds (or almond flour)
- 2 ¼ cups of flour
- Confectioners' sugar for sprinkling
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla extract, the almond extract, and the ground almonds and mix until all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. Slowly mix in the flour. Make a ball with the dough and roll small pieces of the dough into ovals, then form crescents. Place onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes until lightly browned.
- Cool the cookies on the sheet for 1 minute, then remove to a rack to cool completely. When cooled, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

13 comments:
YUM!
maybe I will make these for christmas :)
<3 Cara
Lilac and Grey
These look utterly beautiful. x
Oo! I love nutty cookies in powdered sugar. I used to eat them by the boxful as a kid and they always make me feel festive. Actually I'm planning on making some pecan ones soon :).
I love almond cookies--yours are beautiful! No cookie exchange for me, I just go and pass them around at work!
I'm thinking that almonds are perfect for Christmas! Think about it, they feature in fruit cakes or fruit mince tarts or panforte. And they're a wonderful feature for your cookies. Great choice!
Oh no!!! Don't tell me grown ups aren't allowed to eat cookie dough!!!! That's me sunk ;0(
Lovely cookies by the way!
I wonder how these look from the inside! the look so snowy and soft ;-)
wow! These look so heavenly!
xo
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- Daniel
typical czech christmas cookie:-) yummy
i love this cookie this is the cookie we always make with christmas and without it it will never be christmas
If you roll the crescents in the powdered sugar, while the cookies are still warm, the sugar will hold onto the cookie much better!
Thanks for the tip!
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