7 crescent recipes

Crescent cookies are buttery shortbread crescents rolled in cinnamon powdered sugar while warm. A six-ingredient holiday classic also called Mexican wedding cookies or kifli.

Coconut crescents dipped in semi-sweet chocolate, made with flaked coconut, powdered sugar, and dry milk. A no-bake candy that looks like you bought it from a chocolate shop.

This legacy from my Hungarian grandmother links my children to their Old World heritage in a most pleasing way! No one can eat only one of these rich little crescents.

Buttery cocoa crescent cookies loaded with ground pecans and rolled in powdered sugar. Melt-in-your-mouth tender with a deep chocolate twist on the classic Mexican wedding cookie. Makes about 3.5 dozen.

Ukrainian almond crescents with a tender sour cream yeast pastry rolled around a ground almond and brown sugar filling. Flaky, nutty, and golden, these Eastern European cookies melt in your mouth.

Tender almond crescent cookies with oats and vanilla, showered in powdered sugar. This recipe makes four dozen, so there's plenty for the cookie exchange.

French-Italian almond crescent cookies rolled in pine nuts. Just four ingredients, naturally gluten-free, with a chewy-crisp texture from an overnight rest before baking.