Recipe! Moon Cookies!

These little cookies are great for the ritual Cakes and Ale.

1 cup shortening OR 1/2 cup shortening and 1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup ground blanched almonds
1-2/3 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix together shortening, sugar, and almonds. 

Sift together flour and salt, then stir into almond mixture until a soft dough forms. 

Chill dough for at least 1 hour. 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Break off pieces of chilled dough and roll pencil thin. 

Cut rolled dough in two 1/2 inch lengths and form each into a crescent shape with your fingers. 

Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet until set, but not brown, about 14-16 minutes. 

Mix together confectioner's sugar and cinnamon. 

Cool cookies on pan, and while they are slightly warm carefully dip each in cinnamon mixture.

Makes approximately 5 dozen crescent Moons.

For vegan quests, use a natural sugar substitute in place of the refined sugar.