Almond Crescent Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ⅔ cup ground, blanched almonds
• 1½ cups flour, sifted
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Procedures

1. Thoroughly mix shortening, sugar and almonds together.
2. Sift salt and flour together and work into shortening, sugar, almond mixture.
3. Chill dough for 4 hours.
4. Roll the dough with your hands until pencil thick. Then, cut into 2½ inch lengths and form into crescents.
5. Bake at 325 °F for 14-16 minutes or until set.
6. Cool, but while still warm dip into mixture of cinnamon and confectioners' sugar.