Walnut Crescents #2 Recipe

Walnut Crescents #2 Recipe

Yield: 1 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup: Flour,
1/3 cup: Sugar,
1 1/4 cup: Ground walnuts,
2: Egg yolks,
1 cup: Sweet butter,
Confectioners sugar,

Directions:

Legend has it that bakers started making pastry in the form of
crescents following the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.

Preheat oven to 350

.

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


Source from luhu.jp