CARDAMOM-WALNUT CRESCENTS

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Yield 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

DOUGH:
¼ cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
¾ cup shelled walnuts
¼ pound unsalted butter, chilled and cut into ½ inch pieces
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp grated orange zest
salt
VANILLA SUGAR:
⅓ cup sugar
¼ vanilla bean

Steps:

Heat oven to 325°F. Combine all dough ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until dough resembles coarse meal. Then process continuously until it begins to gather together. Roll 2 tsp dough at a time into half moon shapes. Arrange on an ungreased baking sheet, 1 inch apart. Bake until firm to touch, about 18-20 mins. Meanwhile, combine the vanilla sugar ingredients in food processor until the vanilla bean is pulverized. When cookies are done, let them cool in the pan for 5 mins before transferring to a rack. Sift the vanilla sugar over them immediately. Continue cooling for 15 mins. The cookies may be stored in an airtight container for up to 5 days.