Chocolate Walnut Crescents

  Desserts

I use a round cookie cutter to form the crescent shapes for these nutty favorites. They're so pretty sprinkled with sugar and drizzled with chocolate.

Chocolate Walnut Crescents

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TOTAL TIME: Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: about 10-1/2 dozen.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups ground walnuts
  • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons shortening

Instructions

  • 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, walnuts and cocoa; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
  • 2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Using a floured plain or finely scalloped 2-in. round cookie cutter, cut a semicircle off 1 corner of the dough, forming the inside of a crescent shape. Reposition cutter 1-1/4 in. from inside of crescent; cut cookie, forming a crescent 1-1/4 in. wide at its widest point. Repeat. Chill and reroll scraps if desired.
  • 3. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350آ° for 9-11 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
  • 4. Sprinkle cookies with confectioners' sugar. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 46 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 12mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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