Mom's favorite almond crescents

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Almonds; ground
1 cup Butter; NO substitutes
⅓ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Lemon zest
¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract; OR almond
1½ cup All-purpose flour; sifted
1 dash Salt
Confectioner's sugar

Directions

Cream butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Blend in extracts. Mix in flour, salt and almonds. Chill thoroughly. Roll pieces of dough into rolls about 21/" to 3" long and ½" thick. Form into crescents. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees F until light brown.

While warm, roll crescents in confectioners' sugar. Cool on racks and store in a tightly sealed container.

Recipe by: Mary Spero

Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by MarySpero@... (MS MARY E SPERO) on 4 No, v 1997

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