Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup finely ground blanched slivered almonds

Directions

1. Beat together butter and 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar in bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in almond extract. On low speed, beat in flour and nuts. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, refrigerate until firm, 2 hours.
2. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Pinch off pieces of dough in heaping teaspoonfuls. Roll into logs. Taper ends, bend into crescents. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
3. Bake in 324 degree oven for 16 to 18 minutes, until lightly browned.
4. Remove cookies to wire rack. While warm, dust with generous layers of remaining confectioners’ sugar. Cool completely. Sprinkle again with any remaining confectioners’ sugar.

5. makes 3 dozen crescents

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