"This recipe is known in America as almond crescents. I converted the measurements and translated this recipe that has been in my family for generations. It's an Austrian Christmas cookie."
Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup white sugar
3/4 cup ground almonds
1 cup unsalted butter
1/2 whole vanilla bean
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
2.Mix dry ingredients. Cut in butter with pastry blender, then quickly knead into a dough.
3.Shape dough into logs and cut off 1/2 inch pieces. Shape each piece into a crescent and place on a non-stick paper lined cookie sheet.
4.Bake approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 1 minute and carefully roll in vanilla sugar. (To make vanilla sugar, blend 1/2 vanilla bean with 1 cup of sugar, sieve). Tip: vanilla sugar comes out like powered sugar, to make it stick to the cookie better, I mix it with regular sugar.
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