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Walnut Crescents


From Robin: “Michaela was 3 and I was making these with her for Christmas. She helped roll the hot cookies in the first coating of powdered sugar. I happened to be on the phone with Aunt Janet simultaneously. Sweet Michaela accidentally broke many cookies in the process. After correcting her multiple times, I then said, ‘Okay, you’re fired,’ and sent her away to play. Aunt Janet, hearing this through the phone, responded ‘Did you just fire your three-year-old?’ Oops! The takeaway — it’s hard to coat in sugar and sugarcoat at the same time.”



Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter

  • 1⁄4 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus extra for rolling the cookies in

  • 1 1⁄2 tsp water

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

  • 2 cups flour

  • 1 cup chopped walnuts


Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

  2. Cream together butter and sugar. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

  3. Roll dough into 1⁄2 inch logs. Cut to 1 inch each. Shape into crescents or roll into 1⁄2 inch balls.

  4. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes, just until cooked.

  5. While cookies are warm, roll in a bowl of confectioners’ sugar. When cookies are cool, roll in the sugar once again.

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