Ingredients
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250g butter, softened
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1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
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1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
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2 egg yolks
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1 cup almond meal
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3/4 cup icing sugar mixture
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2 cups plain flour
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120g packet flaked almonds
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Extra icing sugar mixture, for dusting
Method
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1Preheat oven to 170C/150C fan-forced. Line 3 large baking trays with baking paper.
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2Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and lemon rind together until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating until just combined. Stir in almond meal, icing sugar and flour. Mix well to combine.
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3Roll 1 level tablespoon mixture into a log. Roll in flaked almonds. Shape into a crescent. Place on 1 prepared tray. Repeat with remaining mixture and flaked almonds, placing crescents 4cm apart on trays.
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4Bake, 1 tray at a time, for 15 to 20 minutes or until pale golden. Stand on trays for 5 minutes. Carefully transfer to a baking paper-lined wire rack to cool completely.
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5Dust biscuits heavily with icing sugar. Serve.
Source: taste.com.au
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