Orange Crescents

Name: Orange Crescents
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 70 Portionen
Ingredients: 250 g Wheat flour; 100 g Ground almonds; 125 g Honey; 1 Prise Salt; 1 Stück Grated zest of 1 orange; 30 g Finely chopped candied orange peel; 200 g Butter; Icing sugar for dusting

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Cook Time

2 h

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Prep Time

45 Min

Description

Orange crescents from the Thermomix® are a Christmas pastry with wheat flour, almonds, honey and orange. The preparation takes a total of 120 minutes, the active working time is about 45 minutes. The recipe yields about 70 crescents. Ideal as festive finger food, dessert or for baking during Advent.

Ingredients (8 ingredients)

250 g Wheat flour
100 g Ground almonds
125 g Honey
1 Prise Salt
1 Stück Grated zest of 1 orange
30 g Finely chopped candied orange peel
200 g Butter
Icing sugar for dusting

Preparation (7 steps)

Mix dry ingredients

Thermomix® Setting

10 sec/Speed 4

Add the sifted flour and ground almonds to the mixing bowl and mix for 10 sec./speed 4.

10 sec

Form a well and add ingredients

Place the flour-almond mixture on a work surface and form a well. Add honey, salt, grated orange peel and finely chopped candied orange peel to the well.

Add butter and knead dough

Thermomix® Setting

2 min/Kneading speed

Place the butter in flakes on the flour. Insert the Patix dough cutter. Quickly knead all ingredients with floured hands from the outside in to form a smooth, compact dough. In the Thermomix: 2 min./kneading stage.

2 min

Let the dough rest

Shape the dough into rolls, wrap in cling film and leave to rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

Shape crescents

Cut about 1 cm thick slices from the dough rolls and shape them into crescents.

Baking

Thermomix® Setting

15-20 min/356°F/keine 356°F

Place the orange crescents on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake in the oven preheated to 180 °C for 15-20 minutes until light yellow.

15-20 min

Cool and dust

After the baking time, remove the orange crescents from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar and store in a cookie tin until ready to eat.