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Holiday Nut Crescents

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These delicate bite-sized cookies are a holiday favorite of mine. Sometimes I glaze them like I did this year, sometimes I sprinkle cinnamon on top, and sometimes I just enjoy them completely as is. They’re delicious every which way they’re made.

Holiday Nut Crescents

Ingredients

Dough:
2 cups flour
1 cup butter
1 cup sour cream
1 egg yolk

Cut 1/4 cup butter into flour, then cut in the other half. Add sour cream and egg yolk. Mix with hands; dough will be extremely sticky! Refrigerate 4 hours. Divide dough into 3 equal portions and form into balls on a heavily floured surface.

Filling:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 box yellow raisins

Combine sugar, walnuts and cinnamon. Roll out dough ball into the size of a pizza pan on a heavily floured surface. Spread filling evenly over dough. Sprinkle with raisins. Cut dough into 16 slices as with a pie. Start at the large end of each slice and roll towards the center.

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Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 22 to 24 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately after crescents are done baking, shift each of them slightly on the cookie sheet to prevent sticking. Let cool a few more minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Glaze if desired.

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Yield: 48 cookies

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I am pretty new to organic products because they’re expensive, and I’m cheap. (Just being truthful.) However, my two kids are extremely eco-conscious and if my poor starving college son chooses to buy organic meat and dairy products, how could I not at least consider using them to bake the holiday recipes I’ll be sharing with him this year?

After doing a little research on Organic Valley, I discovered they’re not only independent and farmer-owned, but most importantly to me and my children, they operate with a pasture perfect policy which includes sustainability and humane treatment of every animal on every co-op farm.

So that’s why I decided to use Organic Valley eggs and sour cream (which is the creamiest, whipped sour cream I’ve ever seen in my life) to make these treasured family cookies. I wanted their butter too, but my store didn’t sell it. 🙁

(I don’t trust these cookies to just any product, you know…)

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About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

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Comments

  11. Tracy Allen says

    I make a Christmas fruit salad with whipped cream and cottage cheese that would be great with Organic Valley – in fact that’s what I use!

  12. krista grandstaff says

    I make a sour cream bread, a raisin..or a challah bread that would be great with these products!!

  24. Patrice R. says

    I love this time of year. Most of the recipes I use calls for real butter and sugar. But the sweetest part of Christmas is the family.

  26. betty says

    I would try baked corn souffle and deviled eggs. You can absolutely taste the difference when you purchase local farm eggs. The best way to realize that taste difference is simply having eggs for breakfast.

  72. Deb C says

    I make rich Hot Cocoa for Christmas Morning with dark cocoa and raw sugar. Organic Valley Milk would make it EVEN better!

  76. Alexandria says

    I just love cornbread. I would love to make fresh cornbread and smother salted butter on warm, fresh out of the oven cornbread. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

  77. Caitlin Chapman says

    these holiday nut cresents would be very popular in my house. we love my grandmas nut rolls but eat them in one day! lol

  81. Carol,L says

    Making Baked Ziti or Lasagne would be good. Also a nice sour cream pound cake.
    Happy Holidays
    Carol L

  89. Lynn says

    I would love to make mash potatoes with the butter and sour cream, we usually buy those margarine so it would be nice to try real buttered up mash potatoes

  110. Padma Miller says

    We take the leftover stuffing and mix it with sour cream and cream of celery soup with chicken pieces. YUM!

  173. Jennifer T. says

    My Christmas morning casserole would be good with Organic Valley products.
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  177. Leah WAll says

    Sour cream on the chili and also in the quick bread!
    Eggs in every baked good – muffins & cookies!

  182. Jackie says

    When I first saw the picture in my email I thought that you had made them with the Pillsbury Crescent rolls! And then I read…. homemade! How awesome is that!

  195. Sonya Morris says

    I would love to include Organic Valley with all my recipes! I would definitely make deviled eggs with Organic Valley.

  201. Seyma Shabbir says

    Poaca, it is a Turkish bread roll with filling with cheeses. Sometimes I will fill it with a brie and jam also.
    Also love their idea of making a mashed potato snowman

  202. Denise says

    I wonder if I could use their products to make my fruitcake healthier. Heaven knows it’s the complete opposite of healthy as it is now!

  209. Debra s says

    I would love to use organic valley products in my famous “Ican’t believe it’s a fruitcake” recipe I found this past year!! It’s actuallly good!! LOL

  214. Meg Tucker says

    I saw this recipe in my email this morning and high tailed it over and found a giveaway to go along!! I’d like to try the Organic Valley Sour Cream in my Sour Cream Pancakes/Waffles.

  215. Molly says

    I know what you mean about organic being so expensive, but Organic Valley is fantastic. Those cookies would go great with the coffee I’m drinking right now : )

  222. Jackie says

    I’d use them to make our Christmas morning breakfast…which usually includes scrambled eggs with veggies.

  243. Ani says

    I’d like to make my chocolate gingerbread bars with their products, I could use the sour cream and eggs.