Almond Crescents III recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ cup confectioners' sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon water
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup ground blanched almonds
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Nutrition Info

62.7 calories
carbohydrate: 5 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 4.6 g
fiber: 0.4 g
protein: 0.9 g
saturatedFat: 1.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 9 mg
sugar: 1.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix together shortening and confectioner's sugar and water. Stir in flour, salt, vanilla and almonds. Mix well.

  2. Form dough with hands into 3 inch lengths about pencil thin.

  3. Bake on ungreased sheet in a preheated 300 degrees F oven (150 degrees C) for 20 minutes.

  4. While cookies cool, melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. When cookies are completely cool, dip one half in melted chocolate.

Recipe Yield

5 - 6 dozen

Recipe Note

Crescent shaped cookie with one half dipped in chocolate.

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