Walnut Crescents #2

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Servings: 3 Difficulty: Advanced
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This International dessert features Flour, Sugar, Ground walnuts, Yolks, Sweet butter. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

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Walnut Crescents #2

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 3 Calories: 1380.3

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This International dessert features Flour, Sugar, Ground walnuts, Yolks, Sweet butter. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Confectioners sugar Legend has it that bakers started making pastry in the
  2. form of crescents following the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.
  3. Preheat oven to 350.
  4. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and ground walnuts.
  5. Make a little well in the flour mixture and add the egg yolks.
  6. Cut butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.
  7. Knead thoroughly and shape into a ball.
  8. Add flour, if needed, to prevent the dough from sticking to the bowl.
  9. Cut the ball in 4 parts and shape each part in a roll about inch thick.
  10. Cut 1/4-inch pieces and form small crescents in the palm of your hand.
  11. Place crescents on a greased baking sheet and bake about 9-10 minutes, until light brown.
  12. While still warm,
  13. roll the crescents in the confectioners sugar (be careful, they break very easily), then
  14. place them on a board to
  15. cool .
  16. Store in a cookie tin.
  17. The flavor actually improves with time.
  18. Randy Shearer

Nutrition Facts

Servings 3

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1380.3kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 98.4g152%
Saturated Fat 35.4g177%
Cholesterol 129.0mg43%
Sodium 389.6mg17%
Total Carbohydrate 110.1g37%
Dietary Fiber 7.9g32%
Sugars 22.3g
Protein 22.4g45%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, butter, crescents, dessert, flour, ground, international, sugar, sweet, title, vegetarian, walnut, walnuts, yolks
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