1 cup butter

3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup ground blanched almonds

1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour

confectioner's sugar for rolling

Cream butter and add confectioners' sugar gradually until thoroughly blended. Add vanilla, ground almonds and cinnamon, if used. Knead in the flour, by hand, until completely mixed. Chill the dough. Roll dough into cylinder and break off pieces about the size of a walnut. Roll in hands and then roll into cylinders and form crescent shaped

cookies on greased cookie sheet. Bake the cookies in a preheated 350 degree oven about 15 minutes. When still warm roll them in confectioners' sugar. Makes about 60