Creamy Nut and Poppyseed Crescents

7. 10. 2025

The Christmas Creamy Nut Crescents look beautiful and taste great with, for example homemade Eggnog.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 heaping spoons of powdered sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt

Nut filling

• 2 cups ground walnuts
• 5 spoons of powdered sugar
• 2 spoons of vanilla sugar
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 oz rum
• 1 oz milk
• 1 tablespoon of apricot jam
• half orange zest

Poppy filling

• 2 cups ground poppy seeds
• 1oz rum
• 1 oz milk
• 6 spoons of powdered sugar
• lemon zest
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons of plum jam

Method

• Mix the salt and baking powder with the flour.
• Add the butter and then add the rest of the ingredients.
• Knead the dough.
• Wrap the dough in foil and put it in the fridge for an hour.
• Mix all the filling ingredients in separate containers and cover with foil.
• Divide the dough into two parts, then roll the first into a rectangle on a floured surface.
• Cut it into 3-inch wide slices, then cut the slices into 2-inch triangles.
• Add a teaspoon of nut filling to the broader side, then roll up.
• Do the same with the second part of the dough, but fill it with poppy seeds.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 15 minutes.
• The crescents are ready when the dough puffs up a little.
• While the cookies are still warm, roll them in powdered sugar mixed with vanilla sugar.

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