Almond Crescent Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
2 1/2 cups flour, unbleached
1 cup almonds, ground
confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Beat together butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.
Blend in extracts.
Mix in flour and almonds.
Using about 1 T of dough for each, shape into logs and bend into crecents.
Place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees F until light brown.
While warm, roll crecents in confectioners' sugar.
Cool on racks and store in a tightly sealed container.