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    Home » Eggless Baking

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: December 24, 2015 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Vanilla Crescent Cookies Recipe - How to make Moon Biscuits Recipe with Video - Christmas Cookie Recipes

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    If you are looking for more Eggless Baking Recipes then do check Eggless Orange Tutti Frutti Cake, Wheat Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Little Hearts, Wheat Oat Almond Cookies, Snowball Cookies, Eggless Tutti Frutti Cookies and Eggless Banana Cake

    Vanilla Crescent Cookies / Moon Biscuits Recipe
     
    Prep Time: 15 mins|Cook time: 15 mins|  Makes: 50 small cookies

    Author:Hari Chandana P
    Cuisine: World
    Recipe type: Snack, dessert

    Ingredients:

    • 1 + ¼ cups All Purpose Flour
    • ½ cup Unsalted Butter, softened
    • ¼ cup Powdered Sugar, plus more for dusting
    • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
    • ⅛ teaspoon Salt

    Instructions:

    • Combine the butter and powdered sugar and whisk until light and creamy.
    • Add the vanilla essence and salt to it and mix well.
    • Add the flour and mix until well combine.
    • Knead it into a soft dough.

    • Wrap the prepared dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 40 - 60 minutes.
    • Preheat the oven to 180 degree C.
    • Line the baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.

    • Remove the dough from the refrigerator.
    • Dust the work surface with flour and roll out the dough into ¼ inch thickness.
    • If the dough is very stiff to be rolled, let it sit at room temperature for few minutes.
    • Cut the cookies with a cookie cutter and place them on the prepared baking tray. Re-roll the scraps and repeat.
    • Bake them in the preheated oven at 180 degree C for about 10 - 15 minutes or until lightly browned on edges.
    • Let them cool slightly.
    • When the cookies are still warm, sprinkle the powdered sugar on the top of the cookies or dip the warm cookies into the powdered sugar.
    • Let them cool completely and store in an airtight container. 

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    1. Kousikasa g says

      December 26, 2015 at 4:26 am

      EXCELLENT VANILLA CRESCENT BISCUITS IN HALF MOON SHAPE
      REALLY GOOD. KEEP IT UP

      Reply
    2. Sowmya Sundararajan says

      December 31, 2015 at 11:55 am

      Lovely looking crescents. Happy New Year Chandana.

      Reply
    3. Kousikasa g says

      January 05, 2016 at 5:04 am

      WE HAVE PREPARED THESE BISCUITS AND DISTRIBUTED ON
      1,1.2016 NEW YEAR DAY CLEBRATIONS TO ALL PARTICIPATED IN
      NEW YEAR DAY CELEBRATIONS PARTY AND GOT HIGHEST APPRECIATION

      Reply
    4. Kousikasa g says

      January 10, 2016 at 5:24 am

      we are getting repeated requests
      for preparation of these biscuits
      from OUR swaraanjali KITTY PARTY MEMBERS
      THANKS A LOT TO YOU CHANDANA

      Reply

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