I love the almond flavour in these biscuits, they are a bit crunchy and yet melt in the mouth.

Ingredients for Almond Crescent Biscuits

• 225g butter
• 55g caster sugar
• 225g plain flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 115g ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

To decorate Almond Crescent biscuits

• 60g icing sugar

Method : Almond Crescent biscuits

• Preheat the oven to 160 Celsius
• Prepare a baking tray
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl and add the vanilla extract
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until it looks crumbly
• Put the dough in the fridge so that it firms up.
• Use your hands to make some small dough balls (about 10 grams each) roll them into a rope shape. Place on a cookie tray and gently shape into a crescent shape
• Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until slightly brown
• Put the icing sugar in a bowl and put the almond crescent cookies in the icing while still hot and cover them. Coat a few at a time.
• Put on a cooling rack to cool completely, dust more icing sugar on them when they are cool.