Pecan Crescent Cookies

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cold water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• either powdered sugar or superfine sugar
• melted chocolate chips, for dipping ends
• chopped pecans, for dipping

Recipe

• 1 put the sugar in a food processor, or blender.
• 2 give it a short whirl.
• 3 you want your sugar to be slightly finer than granulated sugar, but not powdered.
• 4 in a mixer blend the butter, sugar, water and vanilla.
• 5 stir in the flour, pecans and salt gradually until well blended.
• 6 form the dough into a ball.
• 7 wrap with a plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight is best, but 2 hrs.
• 8 is fine.
• 9 when you're ready to begin, preheat the oven to 375*.
• 10 take a tblsp.
• 11 of dough and roll 2" rolls.
• 12 place the rolls 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 13 curve each cookie like a moon.
• 14 bake 15 min.
• 15 or until just lightly golden underneath.
• 16 gentley lift off the sheet onto a wire rack.
• 17 cool slightly.
• 18 roll in superfine sugar and dip ends in melted chocolate then chopped pecans.
• 19 or dip both ends in chocolate then chopped pecans and when cool sprinkle with powdered sugar.