Walnut Spice Crescents

Note: This recipe is from Good Housekeeping, 2017. We think these will be really big cookies. Maybe too big.

Ingredients

1 C walnuts
3/4 t ground cardamom
3/4 C powdered sugar, plus 1/4 C for dusting
1 C (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 t vanilla
2 C flour
1/2 t kosher salt
1/8 t cinnamon

Preparation

1. Toast walnuts

2. Cut cold butter into 1/4" cubes; return to fridge

3. In a food processor, pulse walnuts, cardamom, and powdered sugar until walnuts are finely ground

4. Add butter and process until smooth

5. Mix in vanilla

6. Add flour and salt; pulse to combine

7. Shape into 1" diameter logs, wrap in plastic, refrigerate until firm, at least 90 minutes

8. Prep baking sheets with parchment paper

9. Cut dough into 1" thick slices and roll into a 3.5" logs that have tapered ends. Bend into crescent shapes.

10. Place crescents on prepared sheets and freeze until firm, about 20 minutes

11. Heat oven to 350 and space crescents to 1.5" apart

12. Bake 15-18 minutes until cookies are barely turning golden at edges. Rotate halfway through.

13. Cool completely on baking sheets.

14. As cookies are cooling, in a medium bowl, combine cinnamon and 1/4 C powdered sugar

15. Dust cooled cookies before serving.