10 oz ground almonds
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
pinch of salt
1 cup of plain flour
1/2 cup of pine nuts, chopped
granulated sugar

Cream butter and sugar until very soft; mix in the ground almonds, salt, vanilla and flour. The dough will be rather firm.

Cut off pieces about the size of prunes and roll them into little cigar-shaped pieces about 1/2-inch thick. Roll these in the chopped pine nuts and bend them into a half-moon shape.

Place these 1-inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350F for 15 to 20 minutes. The crescents should not be browned. Cool about 5 minutes, then strew with a little granulated sugar.