Walnut Crescent Cookies
Walnut crescent cookies are a buttery shortbread-like cookie that is topped with powdered sugar. It's an easy to make, lightly sweetened cookie that is crumbly and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened to room temperature
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 ¼ cups flour
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, or with a handheld mixer, cream the butter until light.
- To the bowl, add the powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla. Mix with the butter until light, about 3-4 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Add the flour and chopped walnuts. Mix on low until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Place the dough in wax paper and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Take the dough out of the refrigerator and divide into 8 sections. Each section should make about 5 cookies.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- To shape the crescent cookies, take a little dough from each section and roll into a small ball between your hands. Then roll into a sausage shape, trying to taper at the ends. Form with your hands into a crescent shape, then place on a cookie sheet to bake.
- Bake for 12-16 minutes. Cookies should feel slightly firm (but will firm up more as cooling), but not browned.
- Let cool on the cookie sheet, and then transfer to a cooling rack or a plate.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
Notes
Some notes on making the cookies:
- Let cool completely on the cookie sheet. If you try to transfer to a plate or rack before cooling, the cookies may fall apart.
- The cookies have a shortbread-like, crumbly texture.
- The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for a week.
- Cookies can be dusted in powdered sugar after cooling or just before serving. If you dusted the cookies after baking and the powdered sugar got messed up after placing in a container, simply dust more powdered sugar over the cookies before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 80kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 51mgPotassium: 19mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 142IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.3mg
If nutrition info is shown, values are based on an online calculator and are estimates. Please verify using your own data.
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