Comments on: Crescents a la Sister

By: sister

sister — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:10:17 +0000

k.ramos, I hope you stored your nuts in the freezer, they get rancid very quickly. I don’t make marzipan as it is readily available here but you might try a cookie made with eggwhites, sugar and ground almonds (several lbs) like a macaroon. Frankly, just close your eyes and chuck the eggwhites and use the nuts for something else.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:52:47 +0000

Ate, thank you for that correction, original post has been revised…

By: Ate

Ate — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:15:58 +0000

17th century. And they were Turks, not Arabs.

By: k. ramos

k. ramos — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:00:11 +0000

Sister, do you also make marzipan? Ma is making leche flan and I hate throwing the whites away, plus we have a lot of almonds and walnuts from Ma and Pa’s US trip last year. It’s one of the recipes that come to mind whenever I think of leftover egg whites and nuts. :D

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:34:58 +0000

Galing Sister!! Inspiring!!!

By: sister

sister — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:29:28 +0000

Angela, you are absolutely right, Mexican wedding cakes have the same recipe using pecans but shaped into domes. I shape the domes for pecan dough and crescents for the almond dough. Another variation is to mix cinnamon with the confectioner’s sugar to give a spicy finish. Both shapes are wonderful.

New Yorker, Yes, we used Fundador brandy in the Phil. For cakes going home I make them in mid-October, pack in tins for shipping in a Balikbayan box to arrive in time for Christmas!

Sultanas are yellow raisens which have a less “winey” taste than dark raisens. If you cannot find them just use dark raisens or even pitted prunes which were in the original recipe. You can vary the fruit and the amount, some like less fruit and more cake. You might try making the fruitcake in early November so you have it mellowing in time for Christmas.
I make the cookies later because I do not add a preservative and want them as fresh as possible.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:21:35 +0000

Forgot to add this:

I just found your fruitcake recipe, Sister, and am planning to do this for next year. One question: what are sultana raisins?

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:30:07 +0000

Sister, have you tried making Mexican Wedding cookies? The ingredients and measurements are very similar to the Crescents, but the Mexican cookies are a different shape (those are round). Your cookies look delicious.

By: corrine

corrine — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:09:21 +0000

Connie C., better to ask than waste expensive ingredients. I have powdered almond on stock not whole ones. I just hope I can still find some in the supermarket.

Sister, you inspire me to make cookies. What a labor of love! Lucky friends and relatives!

By: sister

sister — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:01:03 +0000

New Yorker, the fruit cake baking started with my grandmother and my mother, it was also the standard Christmas all-purpose gift. Now with ingredients at an all time high it is like giving away a brick of gold.