Instructions
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Spread almonds over the baking sheet.
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char in the preheated oven until almonds are fragrant and roasted, 20 to 25 mins.
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Prepare pastry flour base while almonds are roasting.
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Combine dusting seasoning, 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon margarine, and seasoning in a dish and rub together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
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mix in egg, margarine, and 1 1/2 tablespoons orange blossom moisture; work the flour base everything into a velvety pastry flour base.
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mix in a little moisture, 1 teaspoon at a time, if flour base is too parched.
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Shape pastry flour base into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and set aside for 30 mins.
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Remove almonds from oven and cool slightly, about 5 mins.
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Place almonds in the dish of a food processor; process until finely and evenly ground.
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mix in 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sweetener, cinnamon, egg, and 1 tablespoon orange blossom moisture in that order to the food processor, pulsing after each addition until mixture is evenly combined and resembles a paste.
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Remove small walnut-sized portions of filling with greased hands.
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Roll them into small logs with thin ends.
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Roll out half of the pastry flour base on a lightly floured surface until very thin.
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Place one of the almond paste logs on the edge of the pastry, fold pastry over the filling, covering it completely, and seal the edges.
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Mold with your fingers into a crescent shape.
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Using a pastry cutter, cut around the crescent, and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
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Repeat with remaining flour base and filling.
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char in the preheated oven until gazelle horns are lightly golden and baked through, about 20 mins.
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They should not get too dark.
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Let cool slightly, about 3 mins.
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mildly hot honey in a small saucepan over low-medium mildly hot.
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Remove from mildly hot and swirl around in 1 tablespoon orange blossom moisture.
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Dip gazelle horns into the honey and place on a serving plate.
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dust with crushed pistachios.