Cardamom Crescents

Name: Cardamom Crescents
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 237 milliliters pecans; 355 milliliters powdered sugar, divided; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Cardamom Crescents is a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. One serving contains 84 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 50. A mixture of pecans, kosher salt, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Arrange racks in lower and upper thirdsof oven; preheat to 350°F. Line 2 bakingsheets with parchment paper.

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Oven

Whisk first4 ingredients in a medium bowl.

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine1/2 cup sugar and pecans in a food processor;pulse until coarse meal forms. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and vanilla ina medium bowl until creamy, 2–3 minutes.

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Vanilla

Butter

Pecans

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

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Bowl

Add nut mixture; beat to blend.

Add dryingredients; blend well (dough will be moistbut still crumbly).

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Dough

Transfer to a work surface;knead to form a ball, about 4 turns.

Measure 1 rounded tablespoon of dough; forminto a ball, then roll into a 1 1/2"-long log.Gently bend into a crescent shape, pinchingends to taper (cookies may crack slightly).Repeat with remaining dough, spacingabout 1" apart on prepared sheets.

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Roll

Bake, rotating sheets halfway throughbaking, until bottoms are golden, 12–15minutes. Sift remaining 1 cup powderedsugar into a shallow wide bowl. Working inbatches of about 8 cookies each, roll warmcookies gently in powdered sugar to coat.

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Powdered Sugar