Almond Crescents Iii

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup ground blanched almonds
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• mix together shortening and confectioner's sugar and water. stir in flour, salt, vanilla and almonds. mix well.
• form dough with hands into 3 inch lengths about pencil thin.
• bake on ungreased sheet in a preheated 300 degrees f oven (150 degrees c) for 20 minutes.
• while cookies cool, melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. when cookies are completely cool, dip one half in melted chocolate.