Recipe: Mother's Moon Cookies

Mother's Moon Cookies

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup chopped nuts

Sift together flour, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and salt. Stir in condensed milk, vanilla and soft butter. Blend well and fold in chopped nuts. Chill well.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with foil.

Roll the dough pencil thin and form in crescent shape. Arrange cookies on the cookie sheet.
Bake on top rack of the oven for 12 minutes until set, do not brown. Let the cookies cool on pan. While still warm roll the cookies in leftover powdered sugar.