shaped - Vanilla Crescents Cookies
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shaped - Vanilla Crescents Cookies
1 vanilla bean
2/3 c. blanched almonds
2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 large pinch of salt
3/4 c. + 2 tbsp. softened unsalted butter, cut into slivers
2 egg yolks
vanilla sugar (see below) or powdered sugar
Cut open the vanilla bean and scrape out the pith.
Grind the almonds very fine.
With a large knife, blend together the almonds with
the flour sugar, salt, vanilla pith, and butter, using a
chopping motion, on a work board.
Add the egg yolk and knead to form a dough. Chill,
wrapped in plastic.
Shape the dough into a roll and cut into 50 equal
pieces.
Preheat the oven to 375.
Form the pieces into small rolls with pointy tapering ends;
bend these into crescents or other shape you like, and
place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake in the center of the oven until light brown, about
12 minutes. Dredge the crescents while still warm in vanilla
sugar or powdered sugar. Reapply sugar after they cool
(sift over the top inside their storage container).
To make vanilla sugar:
Keep confectioners sugar and a vanilla bean in an air tight
jar, after a few weeks the sugar will taste of vanilla.
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