Cherry Crescents Recipe

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These light flaky pastries are so easy to make, and they always get raves at our house. The festive cherry filling suits the season, but you can substitute other flavors.

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Cherry Crescents Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 48 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
  • 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • Confectioners' sugar

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg yolk and sour cream; add to crumb mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
  • Coarsely chop cherries in the pie filling; place in a small bowl. Stir in extract; set aside. Divide dough into quarters. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 12-in. circle. Cut each circle into 12 wedges.
  • Place 1 teaspoon filling at the wide end. Roll up from wide end and place point side down 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Curve ends to form crescent shape.
  • Bake at 375° for 20-24 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 4 dozen.

Originally published as Cherry Crescents in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2002, p14

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