Description
These Almond Crescent Cookies are buttery, tender, and coated in powdered sugar for the perfect melt-in-your-mouth dessert. This easy cookie recipe is a beautiful choice for holiday baking, Christmas cookie trays, quick dessert ideas, edible gifts, and cozy sweet food ideas when you want something simple, elegant, and full of almond flavor.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup finely ground almonds or almond flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup powdered sugar, for coating
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
3. Add the vanilla extract and almond extract, then mix until combined.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, ground almonds, and salt.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix on low speed until a soft dough forms.
6. Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes, or until firm enough to shape.
7. Scoop small portions of dough and roll each into a short log, then curve gently into a crescent shape.
8. Arrange the crescents on the prepared baking sheets, leaving a little space between each one.
9. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly golden and the tops look set.
10. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
11. While still warm, gently coat the cookies in powdered sugar.
12. Let them cool completely, then dust or roll them in powdered sugar again before serving.
Notes
Chill the dough before shaping so the cookies hold their crescent form while baking.
Do not overbake. The tops should stay pale, with only the bottoms lightly golden.
Add the second powdered sugar coating after the cookies cool for the prettiest snowy finish.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 22 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 16 mg
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