Christmas Crescent Ring

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

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