Bourbon Glazed Pecan Crescents

Bourbon Glazed Pecan Crescents
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5 Reviews
Crescent cookies with the Southern flavors of bourbon and toasted pecans in these buttery cookies.
1:00
Prep Time
1:55
Total Time
60 cookies

Ingredients

Cookie

2/3 cup
sugar
1 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
2 teaspoons
vanilla
2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 cup
pecans, toasted, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon
salt

Glaze

1 1/2 cups
powdered sugar
3 tablespoons
bourbon*
1 tablespoon
water
Finely chopped pecans, if desired
 
*Substitute water.

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Combine sugar, butter and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour, 1 cup pecans and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
  3. Form dough into 1-inch balls; shape into crescents. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 11-14 minutes or until set. Cool completely.
  4. Stir together powdered sugar and enough bourbon in bowl for thin glazing consistency. Drizzle cooled cookies with glaze. Immediately sprinkle with finely chopped pecans, if desired.

Recipe Tips

A few simple steps make shaping cookie dough into crescents a snap. Start by rolling a 1 inch ball of dough. Roll the ball between your palms, making a 2 1/2-inch log with tapered ends. Then curve slightly into a crescent shape.

Nutrition Facts (1 cookie)

Calories
80
Cholesterol
10mg
Carbohydrates
9g
Protein
1g
Fat
4.5g
Sodium
35mg
Dietary Fiber
0g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

Everyone loved it!!! Very tasty, delightful cookie that will have ur guests, friends and family asking for the recipe.

Posted December 28, 2011 by M

Rating

This recipe is excellent!! Took me alittle time to get the crescents shape since it was the first cookie I have ever done in that shape. It has now become a favoite holiday cookie at family gathering for the last 3 years.

Posted September 07, 2010 by mysty r.

Rating

So good I immediately made a second batch. Also good without the glaze. You can get TWO types of cookies from the same dough: Roll HALF the dough into small balls, flatten them with a glass covered with a damp paper towel, sprinkle more chopped nuts on top and bake just until the edges began to turn golden (= less time than for the crescents.)

Posted December 18, 2008 by Margaret

Rating

I make them for my extended family every holiday season - they LOVE them. The bourbon is quite strong at first so let them keep overnight and then they'll be mild but fantasic.

Posted November 24, 2008 by Susan

Rating

These cookies turned out so good!!! It was little tricky rolling them into the same size crescent shapes...but other than that, they were a hugh hit at my family's christmas.

Posted November 24, 2008 by mysty

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