Walnut Crescents #2 Recipe
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Ingredients : Walnut Crescents #2 Recipe
1 3/4 cup Flour
1/3 cup Sugar
1 1/4 cup Ground walnuts
2 Egg yolks
1 cup Sweet butter
Confectioners sugar
Legend has it that bakers started making pastry in the form of
crescents following the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.
Preheat oven to 350ø.
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and ground walnuts. Make a little
well in the flour mixture and add the egg yolks. Cut butter into
small pieces and add to the flour mixture. Knead thoroughly and shape
into a ball. Add flour, if needed, to prevent the dough from sticking
to the bowl.
Cut the ball in 4 parts and shape each part in a roll about inch
thick. Cut 1/4-inch pieces and form small crescents in the palm of
your hand. Place crescents on a greased baking sheet and bake about
9-10 minutes, until light brown.
While still warm, roll the crescents in the confectioners sugar (be
careful, they break very easily), then place them on a board to cool.
Store in a cookie tin. The flavor actually improves with time.
Yield: about 3 dozen. Franziska Mayer, Washington, DC
Randy Shearer
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