Pear Crescent Cookies

Pear Crescent Cookies are beautiful cookies that recall the moonlit sky on a midwinter night. Tangy pear complements the sweetness of the sugar cookie dough, and they hold their shape for placement in cookie tins and gift boxes.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup diced peeled pears
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
Gradually add flour and salt until consistency is doughy.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
Divide dough into fourths. On a floured surface, roll out each portion into a 12" circle. Cut into 12 wedges.
Place about 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon-sugar at the wide end of each wedge.
Top with about 1/2 teaspoon each pears and walnuts.
Roll up, beginning at wide end.
Place pointed side down 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. Curve ends to form crescent.
Bake 16-19 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire racks.
Combine confectioners' sugar and milk. When cookies have cooled, drizzle confectioners' sugar mixture over cookies.