Greek Almond Crescent Cookies
Greek Almond Crescent Cookies

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, greek almond crescent cookies. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Greek Almond Crescent Cookies is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Greek Almond Crescent Cookies is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have greek almond crescent cookies using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Almond Crescent Cookies:
  1. Get 1/2 c ground almonds
  2. Get 1 c butter, softened
  3. Take 2 tbsp powdered sugar
  4. Take 1 egg yolk
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp brandy or 1 tsp vanilla
  6. Take 2 c flour
  7. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
  8. Prepare 1 1/2-2 c powdered sugar
Instructions to make Greek Almond Crescent Cookies:
  1. Spread ground almonds in a shallow pan and toast in a 350F degrees oven for 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
  2. In a bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy, then add the 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar and egg yolk, mixing well. Stir in brandy or vanilla and almonds.
  3. In another bowl, combine flour and baking powder, then gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, blending until smooth.
  4. Pinch off walnut-size pieces of dough and shape into crescents. Place on ungreased baking sheets, spacing cookies about 1 inch apart.
  5. Bake in a 325F degree oven for 30 minutes or until very lightly browned, then place baking sheets on racks and let cookies cool for 5 minutes.
  6. Sift about half the 1-1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar over wax paper and transfer cookies to it. Sift the remaining 3/4 to 1 cup powdered sugar over top to cover cookies. Let cookies stand in the sugar until they cool completely, then store in a tightly covered container.

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