Cardamon Crescent Cookies

By AndreaO

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
• pinch of salt
• Vanilla sugar (1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 vanilla bean pulsed in a food processor and then sieved to remove and seeds)
• *can make with regular sugar

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 F
Combine all ingredients except vanilla sugar in a food processor.
Pulse on-off, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Then process continuously until the dough begins to gather.
Roll 2 teaspoons of dough into half moon shapes.
Arrange on ungreased baking sheet space 1 Ò apart
Bake until firm to touch, about 18-20 minutes. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack.
Sprinkle vanilla sugar immediately after transferring to rack.
Store in airtight container for up to 5 days.