Ingredients
Instructions
- Beat together butter and 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar in bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in almond extract.
- On low speed, beat in flour and nuts.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Pinch off pieces of dough in heaping teaspoonfuls.
- Roll into logs and taper ends; bending into crescents.
- Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake in 325 degree oven for 16 to 18 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Remove cookies to wire rack. While warm, dust with a generous layer of remaining confectioners' sugar.
- Cool completely then sprinkle again with any remaining confectioners' sugar.