Almond Crescent Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1 cup shortening
 * 1/3 cup sugar
 * 2/3 cup ground, blanched almonds
 * 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
 * 1 cup confectionery sugar
 * 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation
Thoroughly mix shortening, sugar and almonds together. Sift salt and flour together and work into shortening, sugar, almond mixture. Chill dough for 4 hours. Roll the dough with your hands until pencil thick. Then, cut into 2 1/2 inch lengths and form into crescents. Bake at 325 degrees for 14-16 minutes or until set. Cool, but while still warm dip into mixture of cinnamon and confectionary sugar.