Christmas Crescent Ring Recipe

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Christmas Crescent Ring
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Ingredients:

  • 2 (8 oz) packages crescent roll dough
  • 1 (7 oz) container pure almond paste
  • 1 1/2 tbsp water
  • sugar dipped cherries and small pear (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  3. Unroll crescent dough; separate along dough perforations into 16 triangles.
  4. Overlap 8 dough triangles on prepared baking sheet, forming a 10-inch-diameter dough disk that looks like the sun with a hole in the middle.
  5. Press edges together to seal the dough disk .
  6. Using a rolling pin, roll out almond paste between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 9-inch diameter disk.
  7. Place almond disk atop dough disk.
  8. Spread jam over almond paste.
  9. Using remaining 8 dough triangles, arrange second 10-inch diameter dough disk atop jam.
  10. Pinch edges of dough disks to seal; tuck edges under.
  11. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
  12. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
  13. While ring is baking, make glaze by stirring powdered sugar, water, and almond extract together in a medium bowl until smooth.
  14. Drizzle half of glaze over warm crescent.
  15. Let glaze set for 10 minutes and then drizzle remaining glaze over.
  16. Decorate with sugar-dipped cherries and small pears, if desired.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 275.24 Kcal (1152 kJ)
Calories from fat 110.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.24g 19%
Sodium 290.89mg 12%
Potassium 615.58mg 13%
Total Carbs 39.26g 13%
Sugars 24.43g 98%
Dietary Fiber 0.12g 0%
Protein 2.91g 6%
Calcium 22.5mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 448.4 Kcal (1877 kJ)
Calories from fat 179.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.94g 19%
Sodium 473.89mg 12%
Potassium 1002.85mg 13%
Total Carbs 63.95g 13%
Sugars 39.8g 98%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g 0%
Protein 4.74g 6%
Calcium 36.7mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.5
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

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