Vanilla Crescent Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, crushed and broken into chunks
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• place 1/4 cup of sugar and the vanilla bean in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. pulse to chop the bean, then add walnuts. pulse again until finely chopped. remove from food processor. add the butter and flour. mix until well blended.
• pinch off 1 inch square pieces of dough and shape into balls. shape the balls into crescents, about 2 inches long. place about 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheets.
• bake for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees f and bake for additional 10 to 15 minutes, until cookies are dry. let cool on wire racks.