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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Spread ground almonds in a shallow pan and toast in a 350F degrees oven for 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned. | 2. In a bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add the 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar and egg yolk, mixing well. Stir in brandy or vanilla and almonds. | 3. In another bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, blending until smooth. | 4. Pinch off walnut-size pieces of dough and shape into crescents. Place on ungreased baking sheets, spacing cookies about 1 inch apart. | 5. Bake in a 325F degree oven for 30 minutes or until very lightly browned. Place baking sheets on racks and let cookies cool for 5 minutes. | 6. Sift about half the 1-1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar over wax paper and transfer cookies to it. Sift the remaining 3/4 to 1 cup powdered sugar over top to cover cookies. Let stand until cool, then store in a tightly covered container. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
almond	1/2	cup	ground	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
butter	1	cup	softened sweet	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	2	tablespoons	powdered	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	1			54.74	0.6103	2.6962	4.5118
brandy	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
sugar	1 1/2 - 2	cups	powdered	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.