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      Title: WALNUT CRESCENTS #2
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
  1 3/4 c  Flour
    1/3 c  Sugar
  1 1/4 c  Ground walnuts
      2    Egg yolks
      1 c  Sweet butter
           Confectioners sugar
 
   Legend has it that bakers started making pastry in the form of
  crescents following the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.
  
   Preheat oven to 350ø.
  
   In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and ground walnuts. Make a little
  well in the flour mixture and add the egg yolks. Cut butter into
  small pieces and add to the flour mixture. Knead thoroughly and shape
  into a ball. Add flour, if needed, to prevent the dough from sticking
  to the bowl.
  
   Cut the ball in 4 parts and shape each part in a roll about inch
  thick. Cut 1/4-inch pieces and form small crescents in the palm of
  your hand. Place crescents on a greased baking sheet and bake about
  9-10 minutes, until light brown.
  
   While still warm, roll the crescents in the confectioners sugar (be
  careful, they break very easily), then place them on a board to cool.
  Store in a cookie tin. The flavor actually improves with time.
  
  Yield: about 3 dozen. Franziska Mayer, Washington, DC
  
     Randy Shearer
 
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