Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, almond crescent cookies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have almond crescent cookies using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Almond Crescent cookies:
- Prepare 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter - softened at room temp
- Prepare 1/2 cup confectioners/powdered sugar **plus more for rolling, about 1/2 cup
- Prepare 1 tsp almond extract
- Prepare 2 cup flour
- Prepare 1 cup finely ground blanched almonds
Almond Crescent Cookies are a classic that need to be at the top of your baking list!! How to Make Almond Crescent Cookies. To make these simple Almond Crescent Cookies you will start by making a shortbread type dough. This dough comes together quickly if using a stand mixer or hand mixer.
Steps to make Almond Crescent cookies:
- In a large bowl beat butter until smooth. Gradually add sugar (the 1/2cup) and cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add extract and beat until combined.
- Sift the flour and gradually stir it into the cream mixture add almonds and mix together until it forms a dough. Shape dough into a ball, cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line cookie/ baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Non traditional method: Cut dough into four sections. Working with one section at a time, pinch off pieces of dough and with clean hands form into a log. Shape into crescents, pinching ends. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat for remaining dough.
- Traditional method: Divide dough into 8 equal pieces. Flour hands and work surface. Shape each piece of dough into a roll about a 1/2 an inch thick. Cut each roll into 2 inch pieces. Place on cookie sheet and shape each piece into crescents, gently pinching ends.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until crescents start to faintly brown. Remove from oven and cool on wrack.
- When crescents are completely cooled, place remaining powdered sugar in a dish, add crescents, one at a time, and cover in powdered sugar. Repeat until all crescents are coated.
- Enjoy!!!
- Store in airtight container.
In a large mixing bowl combine the butter and sugar and. Spray several cookie sheets with cooking spray. With a mixer, beat the butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Taper ends and form crescent shape on ungreased cookie sheet.. Add the rest of the almonds to mixture.
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