Steps to Prepare Award-winning Almond Crescent cookies
Sarah Guerrero 03/08/2020 11:51
Almond Crescent cookies
Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, almond crescent cookies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Almond Crescent cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Almond Crescent cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook almond crescent cookies using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Almond Crescent cookies:
Take 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter - softened at room temp
Take 1/2 cup confectioners/powdered sugar **plus more for rolling, about 1/2 cup
Get 1 tsp almond extract
Get 2 cup flour
Get 1 cup finely ground blanched almonds
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.
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