Women With Altitude
Official Red Hat Society Chapter of Grand County, Colorado
Chapter # 21031
Elevation 9,100 feet (2773 meters)


Martha’s Almond Crescent-Lois Gustafson

½ pound unsalted butter
2/3 cup confectioner’s sugar, sifted
1 t. vanilla
1 cup chopped almonds
2 1/3 cups flour
Heat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.  Cream together butter and 2/3 cup sugar until fluffy.
Beat in vanilla  and add almonds.
Stir in flour and beat until well mixed.
Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log about 1 inch in diameter.
Cut each log into ¾ inch pieces and roll each piece into a cylinder 2 inches long.  Shape into crescents.  Bake 15-20 minutes until lightly golden.
Roll in powdered sugar when cool.
Yield 5 dozen.