Dessert

Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) is for Dessert.

Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) takes 25 minutes to cook.

Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) are:

1 c. (2 sticks) butter-unsalted-softened
2 cups of self rising flour**
1/3 c. sugar (or splenda for baking)
1 c. chopped pecans
2 tspn vanilla

1/4 powdered sugar for dusting

**all purpose + 1 tspn baking powder + 1 tspn baking soda can be used instead.

Here is how you make Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies):

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients with a pastry cutter, except pecans and powdered sugar. Butter must be soft. Stir in pecans. Roll a tablespoon of dough into a ball, then into a "finger." Bend into crescent shape on the cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes. Cool then sprinkle with powdered sugar.Self-rising flour can be used instead of flour, soda, and baking powderServing Size: makes 24 cookiesNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GAYLED67.

The nutritional information for Christmas Crescents (shortbread cookies) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 154.1

• Total Fat: 11.2 g
• Cholesterol: 20.5 mg
• Sodium: 73.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 12.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 1.6 g