Cakes & Baking
For the pastry:
For the filling and decoration:
Delicious homemade crescent-shaped cookies filled with sweet, fruity jam. These delicate pastries have a buttery, crumbly texture and are finished with a smooth icing and a sprinkling of chopped nuts or almonds. Perfect for afternoon tea, family gatherings or enjoying with a cup of coffee.
Prepare the pastry. Place the flour, baking powder and icing sugar in a bowl and mix together. Add the chopped butter and egg yolks. Mix with an electric mixer until the mixture forms sticky crumbs.
Transfer the mixture to a lightly floured work surface and quickly knead into a dough. Divide the dough into four equal portions. Shape each portion into a ball and roll out into a thin circle. Cut each circle into eight triangles and spread a thin layer of jam over each triangle.
Roll up each triangle, starting from the wide outer edge, and arrange the crescents on a flat baking tray lined with baking parchment. Place in a preheated oven and bake at 180°C for approximately 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, finely chop the nuts or almonds and mix the icing sugar with the water until smooth but not too thick. Remove the crescents from the oven, brush with the icing and immediately sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
Enjoy!
