Granny's Vanilla Crescents

Granny's Vanilla Crescents recipe with walnuts. This traditional Austrian Christmas cookie will blow your mind 😉 In this article, I show you how to make them and tell you my granny's secret tipps.

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Granny's secrets to the best Vanilla Cresents in town:

1. Freshly grounded walnuts

(Of course you can buy them already grounded, freshly grounded though, the Vanilla Crescents will taste not as dry)

2. The ends of the crescents should not be too thin (otherwise it becomes dark in the oven)

(see video below)

3. Use cold butter for kneading the dough and keep dough cool

Otherwise your Crescents are at risk to fall apart during rolling.

4. store in metall cookie containers in a cool room (or in fridge)

Otherwise they dry out easily

Recipe:
Quickly knead 110g sugar, 110g ground walnuts, 215g butter and 260g flour to a dough, let rest in fridge for 30min. Form a roll about 1inch thick, cut into pieces. Roll each piece into a crescent. Bake at 320-360°F in preheated oven, each baking sheet about 10 mins. 
Get out of oven and let cool just a bit, gently wrap in a mix of powdered sugar and 2-3 tbsp. vanilla sugar. (If Vanilla sugar is not common in your local grocery store, you can diy)

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In this short video, my granny shows how to roll Vanilla Crescents: