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1990 1st Place Nut Crescents

Make 1990 1st Place Nut Crescents at home with Unsalted Softened Butter Or Margarine, Confectioners Sugar, Egg Yolks, Flour Sifted Before, and Measuring. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 6 tbsp
• 2
• 4 cup
• to taste
• 1 cup
• to taste
• 2
• 1 cup
• to taste
• 1/2 cup
• to taste
• to taste

Method (preview)

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   Preparation time: 45 minutes Cooking time: 10 to 12 minutes

2. 2

   Cream butter and confectioners' sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Beat in egg yolks.

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   Beat in flour and 1 c ground nuts until mixed. (Dough can be refrigerated up to several days; soften slightly before shaping cookies.)

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   2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.

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   For topping, beat egg whites lightly with fork in shallow dish until frothy.

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   Mix 1 cup nuts and granulated sugar in separate shallow dish.

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   Roll a generous teaspoon of the dough in the palm of your hands into a crescent shape.

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   Dip top of crescent in egg white and then into nut-sugar mixture.

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    Place crescents on baking sheets about 1 inch apart.

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    Bake until bottoms are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

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    Cool on pan a few minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

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    Sprinkle lightly with confectioners' sugar before serving.

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    Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340