Snow Covered Almond Crescents

By Thedorf

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp almond extract or 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt (opt)
• 1 cup Quaker oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
• Powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat marg/butter, sugar & almond extract until well blended. Add flour & salt; mix until well blended. Stir in oats & almonds. Using level measuring tablespoons, shape dough into crescents. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 14-17 min or until bottoms are light golden brown. Sift additional powdered sugar generously over warm cookies. About 3 dozen