Almond Crescents

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g butter, softened
• 2/3 cup icing sugar, plus more for dusting
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup almond meal
• 2 1/4 cups self-raising flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c or 160c fan.
• 2 line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• 3 using an electric mixer, beat butter, icing sugar until light.
• 4 add egg yolk, vanilla beat until combined.
• 5 add almond meal, flour and mix on low speed to form dough.
• 6 shape tablespoon (35g) of mixture into ball and roll on table into small log and turn ends in to have a shape of small crescent.
• 7 place on trays 3cm apart as they will expand in the oven.
• 8 bake for 12min. you don't wont too much color on them.
• 9 they will harden up as they cool. so don't try to remove them from tray as they are very fragile at this point.
• 10 leave them on trays for 5min. and while still warm sift over generously icing sugar.