Pear Crescent Cookies
Pear Crescent Cookies are beautiful cookies that recall the moonlit sky on a midwinter night. Tangy pear complements the sweetness of the sugar cookie dough, and they hold their shape for placement in cookie tins and gift boxes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup diced peeled pears
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Gradually add flour and salt until consistency is doughy.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Divide dough into fourths. On a floured surface, roll out each portion into a 12" circle. Cut into 12 wedges.
- Place about 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon-sugar at the wide end of each wedge.
- Top with about 1/2 teaspoon each pears and walnuts.
- Roll up, beginning at wide end.
- Place pointed side down 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. Curve ends to form crescent.
- Bake 16-19 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire racks.
- Combine confectioners' sugar and milk. When cookies have cooled, drizzle confectioners' sugar mixture over cookies.
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