Christmas Crescent Ring

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this is a great recipe, easy and tasty! I also skipped rolling the almond paste due to time constraints, slicing it thin and placing it on dough worked well enough.

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I have been making this every Christmas for the last 5 years. I don't really care for almond paste, so I use cream cheese and cherry jelly and it comes out as a delicious cherry cheese danish. Plus, using the cream cheese makes it a bit less sweet. I prepare it the night before and just pop it in the oven Christmas morning. It's been a big hit for years and everybody now expects it as tradition.

It does get messy while baking as the jelly oozes out. I've found through trial and error that the best way to bake it is on a cookie sheet lined with a silicone mat.

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It has now become a tradition. I make two of these every Christmas for my two sons and their families. I always just slice the almond paste and then spoon the jam on top, however, this year I'm going to follow Sandra's recipe exactly and roll the almond paste into a disk as she tells us to. Also, I put sliced almonds on top and then put the glaze on. Yummy. This is wonderful and so easy. A great recipe. Sandra gives recipes that are real and are not so convoluted that you just never make them. Highly recommended you make this Christmas Crescent Ring a tradition in your household too.

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This recipe was delicious! It's the beginning of April here in Hawaii and I made it for dessert
last night. My husband loved it even though I didn't make the icing because I was out of powdered sugar.I also used strawberry preserves and some ricotta cheese instead of the almond paste. Thank you Sandra!!!!!

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I have made this for several years after seeing Sandra Lee make it on her show. It is easy and my family adores it. A favorite for hoilday breakfasts.

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I'm a new semi-homemaker and saw this recipe on Sandra Lee's show. I needed a recipe for a book club party and tried it. It was so easy and so delicious, my company went crazy! I had cherry preserves instead of jam, and used 1/2 cup instead of 1/4 cup. I also used a little less almond paste and sprinkled toasted almonds on top when the icing was still wet. Thank you Sandra Lee!

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I made this last New Years for my annual New Years Brunch and again this year. It was a great hit! I used almond filling instead of almond paste, since they didn't have the paste at the grocery store. I did find it hard to make a circle out of the triangles. So it wasn't really a circle. But everyone loved it. I don't know why people are saying they hated it, I guess you have to like almond paste, or almond flavoring. Everyone at home likes it, and we all have a sweet tooth. I enjoy alot of Sandra Lee's recipes.

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I was thinking about giving this a whirl and decided to throw caution to the wind and go for it. What a disaster! My kids, who will eat anything, took one bite and left the rest. My husband literaly just looked at the ingredients and laughed - needless to say he stayed clear of the crescent ring.

Trust me when I say this: If my kids won't even eat it - it's a no go....

PS - what's with all the trans-fat and salt? Can Sandra not make some of her own dough with no hydrogentaed oils and 2000+ mg of sodium?

Laziness will always get you in the end....

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I made this last year for christmas morning and it was a huge hit! It was inexpensive to make and so easy. I pre-made it the night before and put in the fridge, and in the morning all i had to do was pop it in the oven: The only difference i did was omitted the almond paste.

I suggest you give this a try it is so delicious!!!!!

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This is so easy and so good. I use strawberry jam (my families favoriteand omit the candied fruit. It is a Sunday Brunch favorite.