The tea party was boring as heck, but there were these delicious little almond crescent cookies. Almond crescents are a very basic tea cookie recipe. They’re very buttery with a pronounced almond flavor. Matched with a cup of Earl Grey or Almond Rocker they’re a great excuse to call over friends on a rainy day for a small tea party of your own.

You can refrigerate the crescent cookie dough for up to 24 hours, but bring it to room temperature before forming and baking the cookies.

Can These Crescent Cookies Be Frozen?

These crescent cookies freeze well for up to 1 month. Freeze them in air tight freezer safe zip top bags or in air tight freezer safe containers.

Troubleshooting Crumbly Dough

This dough should be a little crumbly; if it holds together when you press it in your fist, you can use it as it is. If it doesn’t, try one or more of these tips.

Make sure you start with room temperature butter.Mix the dough a little longer using a stand mixer or a hand-held electric mixer.Add milk or almond milk by the tablespoon until the dough comes together as it should.

Great Swaps and Subs from Readers

Use vegan butterAdd a pinch of cinnamon to the doughRoll in vanilla sugarDrizzle with melted chocolateSubstitute 2 tablespoons of the almond flour for roughly chopped almondsSubstitute amaretto liqueur for the almond extract

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For added decadence let the cookies cool and dip one end of them into some melted chocolate, then let the chocolate harden.