Crisp and buttery walnut crescent cookies melt in your mouth.

The warmth really helps the powdered sugar cling to cookies.

Ingredients

1/2cup(4 oz.

Southern Living Walnut Crescents on a platter ready to serve

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)salted butter, softened

1/3cupgranulated sugar

1tsp.vanilla extract

1cup(about 4 1/4 oz.

)all-purpose flour, plus more for surface

1cupfinely chopped toasted walnuts

1cup(about 4 oz.

Add sugar and vanilla, and beat until well incorporated, about 2 minutes.

Southern Living Walnut Crescents ingredients

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Add flour; beat until blended, 1 to 2 minutes.

Place ropes 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets, and curve into crescents.

Let cool on baking sheets 5 minutes.

Southern Living Walnut Crescents beating the butter until creamy

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Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Dust with additional powdered sugar, as desired.

Southern Living Walnut Crescents beating the butter and sugar together

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Southern Living Walnut Crescents adding the flour and nuts to the dough

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Southern Living Walnut Crescents shaping the cookies before baking

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Southern Living Walnut Crescents after baking

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Southern Living Walnut Crescents rolling the cookies in powdered sugar

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