Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 96
  • Fat:
  • 6 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 3 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 14 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 68 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 9 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 1 g

Snow-Covered Crescents

From El Dorado, Arkansas, Dorothy Smith shares these tasty almond cookies coated in powdered sugar. "They're quick, easy and delicious," she assures.

SERVINGS

36

CATEGORY

Dessert

METHOD

Baked

PREP

15 min.

COOK

15 min.

TOTAL

30 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
  • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup old-fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Additional confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in extract. Combine flour, oats, almonds and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Roll level tablespoonfuls of dough into ropes. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets and curve into crescents. Bake at 325° for 14-16 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool; roll in additional confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 3 dozen.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Aug 21, 2008

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