Christmas Crescent Ring

• 2 (8 ounce) packages crescent roll dough
• 1 (7 ounce) container pure almond paste
• 1/4 cup seedless red raspberry jam or 1/4 cup cherry jam
• Glaze
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• sugar dipped cherries and small pear (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
3. Unroll crescent dough; separate along dough perforations into 16 triangles.
4. Overlap 8 dough triangles on prepared baking sheet, forming a 10-inch-diameter dough disk that looks like the sun with a hole in the middle.
5. Press edges together to seal the dough "disk".
6. Using a rolling pin, roll out almond paste between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 9-inch diameter disk.
7. Place almond disk atop dough disk.
8. Spread jam over almond paste.
9. Using remaining 8 dough triangles, arrange second 10-inch diameter dough disk atop jam.
10. Pinch edges of dough disks to seal; tuck edges under.
11. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
12. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
13. While ring is baking, make glaze by stirring powdered sugar, water, and almond extract together in a medium bowl until smooth.
14. Drizzle half of glaze over warm crescent.
15. Let glaze set for 10 minutes and then drizzle remaining glaze over.
16. Decorate with sugar-dipped cherries and small pears, if desired.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/christmas-crescent-ring-154762 (may not work)