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| Nutrition Facts | ||
|---|---|---|
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Serving Size 1 crescents 64g Recipe makes 40 crescents) |
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| Calories 266 | ||
| Calories from Fat 186 | (69%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 20.7g | 31% | |
| Saturated Fat 5.2g | 25% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 7.4g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 7.2g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 24mg | 8% | |
| Sodium 30mg | 1% | |
| Potassium 93mg | 2% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 17.6g | 5% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1.3g | 5% | |
| Sugars 3.9g | ||
| Protein 4.3g | 8% | |
Walnut Crescents
By: ~Rita~
Jan 13, 2003
These flaky little crescents were passed on to me from my grandmother. Flour can vary add more or less depending on moisture in the air. Powdered Sugar is used for rolling. The amount can vary because you can roll as big (producing less in amount)or little (produced many little tasty treats)circles as you want.
40 crescents
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 lb Crisco (I used 1/2 very cold sweet butter and 1/2 Crisco)
- 4 lightly beaten eggs
- 5 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 (1/3 ounce) package dry yeast
- 1/2 pint sour cream
Filling
- 1 lb ground walnuts
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup warm milk
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Topping
Rolling dough
Directions
1
Sift dry ingredients.2
Blend in Crisco or butter/Crisco mixture.3
Dissolve yeast in a little lukewarm water, add to flour mixture.4
lightly beat eggs.5
Add eggs and sour cream.6
Blend well and refrigerate over night.7
Filling-Blend all ingredients together.8
To form---Take small pieces of dough and roll out in powdered sugar (using as much sugar as needed) into a circle.9
Cut into 8 pie slices.10
Put filling on thick side and roll from large end to point.11
You can top the filling with some mini cips if desired.12
Place on a greased cookie sheet and top with cinnamon and sugar mixture adding crushed nuts if desired.13
Bake at 375 Degrees for 25-30 minutes.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Karen=^..^=
On Dec 12, 2005
The dough for this was very easy to work with (I used half butter and half shortening) after refrigerating overnight. I divided the dough into 8 parts and rolled each part into about a 9 inch circle. I ended up with 64 quite large cresents. I found them to be a bit bland after the first batch, so I did add cinnamon to the filling after that. All in all, a good cookie, but I think it could use a bit more sweetness and the directions could be a little more specific. Thanks for sharing...I will make again with adjustments to our tastes.
From: glo wojo
On Sep 3, 2003
These were not very good. There is no sugar in the dough, and don't seem like a cookie at all. The dough is so soft, even after refrigerating overnight, that it was very, very difficult to work with it--very sticky and doesn't roll out well.
From: love4culinary
On Apr 14, 2003
wow..rita, these are excellent!!! I dont even want to think of how many calories I consumed lolol.. these went over well... gave them to many friends as well 
I think the filling would be great using a variety of ground nuts together...as one would in something like baklava!
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