Peanut Crescents

Name: Peanut Crescents
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon water; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups flour; 1/2 cup finely chopped and salted peanuts; confectioners' sugar

Submitted by Courtly

"From taste of home. Recipe by Kay Brantley."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 3 dozen

ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
¹⁄₂ cup finely chopped and salted peanuts
confectioners' sugar

directions

In small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in water and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Stir in peanuts. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Shape rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into 2 1/2 inch crescents. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes or until set (do not brown). Roll warm cookies in confectioners sugar; cool completely on wire racks. Roll cooled cookies again in confectioners sugar.