Apricot Crescents

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
• 2 cut in the vegetable shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 3 with a fork stir in the sour cream and egg until a stiff dough forms.
• 4 cover and chill for a least 4 hours or overnight.
• 5 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 6 grease 2 baking sheets.
• 7 divide the dough into 3 pieces.
• 8 on a floured surface, roll out each piece to an 11-inch round.
• 9 spread one-third of the apricot preserves evenly over each round, and sprinkle each round with one-third of the walnuts.
• 10 cut each round into 12 wedges.
• 11 starting at the wide end, roll up each wedge.
• 12 place seam side down on the prepared baking sheets, placing the cookies about 1-inch apart and curving the ends to form crescent shapes.
• 13 bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly colored.
• 14 dust the warm cookies with powdered sugar and transfer to wire racks to cool.