Crescents Recipe

Ingredients for Crescents

• ½ lb. almond paste
• Almonds, blanched and finely chopped
• 2 ozs. confectioners' sugar
• White 1 small egg

Instructions

1. Work together almond paste and sugar on a smooth board or marble slab.
2. Then add whites of eggs gradually, and work until mixture is perfectly smooth.
3. Confectioners at first use the hand, afterwards a palette knife, which is not only of use for mixing but for keeping board clean.
4. Shape mixture, which is quite soft, in a long roll.
5. Cut pieces from roll three-fourths inch long.
6. Roll each separately in chopped nuts, at the same time shaping to form a crescent.
7. Bake twenty minutes on a buttered tin sheet in a slow oven.
8. Cool, and frost with Confectioners' Frosting, made thin enough to apply with a brush, and flavored with lemon juice until quite acid.
9. Other nuts may be used in place of almonds.