Vienna Crescents

Name: Vienna Crescents
Ingredients: 1 cup softened butter (2 sticks); 1 cup sugar; 2 cups sifted flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 cup hazelnuts, Toasted and Finely Grated; confectioners' sugar, to cover

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Ingredients

1 cup softened butter (2 sticks)
1 cup sugar
2 cups sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup hazelnuts, Toasted and Finely Grated
confectioners' sugar, to cover

Directions

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["Preheat oven to 300 degrees Farenheit.", "Grind the nuts (A mouli grater works quickly and easily).", "Work butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy.", "Add flour, salt, vanilla and nuts; mix until well blended.", "Using your hands, take ball of dough the size of a medium orange, and work it on the counter using both hands, rolling it until it looks like a rope, almost 1/2 inch thick. I have never chilled the dough, but you might chill it if you find it easier for handling it.", "Cut into three-inch lengths.", "Place on ungreased cookie sheet, either on foil or parchment paper, curving them into \"C\"" shapes about one inch apart