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Pecan Crescents Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups unsifted flour
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup pecans or hazelnut, ground
1/2 cup unsifted confectioners sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Vanilla sugar
3 inch strip vanilla bean , cut up
2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
Directions:
Directions:
1. make vanilla sugar: in electric blender, combine cut up vanilla bean and 1/4 cup confectioners sugar; cover; blend on high speed about 8 seconds. On a large sheet of foil, combine with remaining confectioners sugar
2. preheat oven to 375
3. shape cookies;
form dough into balls, using 1 tablespoon dough for each. then with palms of hands, form each ball into a roll 3 inches long
4. place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Curve each to make a crescent. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown
5. let stand 1 minute before removing with spatula place hot cookies in vanilla sugar; turn gently to coat both sides. cool completely
6. store in a tightly covered crock or cookie tin in a cool, dry place

 

 

 

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