Slovenian Vanilla Crescent Cookies (Vanilijevi Kifeljčki) – Traditional Recipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option while maintaining texture.

ground almonds

🥗Healthier: ground walnuts

💰Cheaper: ground sunflower seeds

Ground walnuts provide a similar flavor with less cost.

Measure 250 grams of all-purpose flour or one and two-thirds cups.

Measure 100 grams of white sugar or half a cup.

Measure 100 grams of ground walnuts or 1 cup.

Measure 150 grams of softened butter or three-fourths cup.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, ground walnuts, butter, one egg, and one tablespoon of sour cream.

Mix by hand until a dough forms.

Take about a tablespoon of dough and shape it into crescent shapes.

Place the crescents on a baking sheet.

Bake in the oven.

Prepare a mixture of half cup to three quarter cup of white sugar and one package of vanilla sugar.

Once the cookies are out of the oven, roll them in the sugar mixture while they are still warm.

Set the cookies aside on a cooling rack.

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