Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1 1/4  pounds        almonds -- ground fine
   1      cup           butter
     1/2  cup           sugar
   1      teaspoon      vanilla
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
   2      cups          flour; see note
   1      cup           pine nuts -- chopped
                        granulated sugar
                        sweetened milk -- optional

Preparation:

CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR together until very soft. Then carefully blend in the ground almonds, salt, vanilla and flour. The dough will be rather firm. Cut off pieces about the size of prunes and roll them into little cigar-shaped pieces about 1/2-inch thick. Roll these in the chopped pine nuts and bend them into a half-moon shape. Place these 1-inch apart on greased baking pans. Bake at 350F for 15-to-20 minutes. The crescents should not be browned. Cool about 5 minutes, then strew with a little granulated sugar or brush with heavily sweetened milk. NOTE: For reasons never adequately explained, cake and other baked foods need more flour on some days than on others.