V's Walnut Crescent Cookies

Submitted by Vseward Chef-V

"This is my variation of the popular Mexican Wedding Cookie. My sister Robyn makes these every year, and we can never get enough. So I had to have the recipe to make more."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 3 dozen
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, finely chopped in food processor

directions

1. Cream butter with the 1/4 cup of sugar and blend well.
2. Combine flour and cinnamon.
3. Add flour mixed with cinnamon (a bit at a time) and mix well. Add extract and stir in nuts.
4. Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into crescent shapes and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 325°F for 18-20 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes and then coat well with powdered sugar.
5. Variation: roll dough into 1-inch balls and bake (same as above). When cookies are cool, GENTLY roll in confectioners' sugar until coated well.

Reviews

[foodtvfan]

Delicious melt-in-your mouth cookies. Made them into crescent shapes exactly as written. They will be an excellent addition to the cookies I make for Christmas gifts.