Nusskipferl Nut Crescents Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix yeast, flour, butter, sour cream and egg yolks thoroughly until dough is formed.
• Cover and let dough rest 1 hour.
• For filling beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Fold in nuts, sugar, and vanilla.
• Roll dough 1/8-inch thick.
• Cut out rectangles about 2 X 3-inches.
• Spread with 1 t of filling.
• Roll up jelly roll fashion.
• Place on greased baking sheets and curve to form crescents.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks and store in airtight tins.

Steps:

• Combine and sift the flour and sugar.
• Add the almonds.
• Cream the butter and add the dry ingredients.
• knead the dough until it's mixed.
• make a 2 inch roll. make 1/2 inch slices. make crescent shapes.
• bake on a buttered sheet for 10 minutes at 325.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in the butter until the size of small peas and mix in with your hands.
• Mix 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, the egg, 3 teaspoons of vanilla sugar, and ground almonds into the flour mixture. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Divide the dough into several parts. Roll each section of dough into logs approximately 1/2 inch thick. Cut the logs into 1-inch pieces, and bend the pieces into a crescent shape (just like a croissant). Place the kipferl on the baking sheet and chill them for 15 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Combine 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla sugar and toss to mix.
• While still warm, carefully remove kipferl from the baking sheet and dip them in sugar to coat.

Steps:

• Cream first 3 ingredients and water.
• Stir in flour and nuts; mix well.
• Shape into crescents.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cool on a rack; roll in powdered sugar.