Nut Crescent Sweet Pastry Crust

Name: Nut Crescent Sweet Pastry Crust
Ingredients: 4 ounces (114 grams / 1 heaping cup) pecan pieces, toasted; 2 tablespoons (24 grams) sugar (I use turbinado, but ordinary cane sugar will do); 1 ¼ cup (156 grams) all-purpose flour; ¼ cup / 22 grams wheat germ (see note below); Small pinch of kosher salt; Generous dash of cinnamon (optional); Healthy pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (optional, but highly recommended); 3 ounces (84 grams / 6 tablespoons) unsalted butter; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla