Cook the Book: Sesame Coins

Name: Cook the Book: Sesame Coins
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking soda; 3 Tbsps natural or black sesame seeds; 1 large egg yolk; 85 grams 2/3 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 158 milliliters unsalted tahini (pure ground roasted sesame seeds); 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Need a vegetarian main course? Cook the Book: Sesame Coins could be a great recipe to try. This recipe makes 1 servings with 2247 calories, 44g of protein, and 148g of fat each. This recipe covers 49% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, flour, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the black sesame seeds you could follow this main course with the Healthy Honey Flax Tahini Banana Bread as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk the flour and baking soda in a small bowl until thoroughly blended. Set aside.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

In a medium bowl mix the tahini, butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, and salt until smooth.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

Tahini

Sugar

Salt

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Add the flour mixture and work with your hands until blended. The dough will be slightly crumbly, and you will have to push or squeeze it together.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Divide the dough in half-form it into 2 patties, and wrap the patties in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours, or, preferably, overnight.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Position the racks in the lower and upper thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F. Line the baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Sheet

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Remove one piece of dough from the refrigerator and allow it to soften slightly.

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Dough

Roll it between two pieces of wax paper or plastic wrap to a thickness of 1/4 inch. If the dough is crumbly, just push it together.

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Wax Paper

Sprinkle the dough with half of the sesame seeds and roll over them gently to secure them to the dough.

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Sesame Seeds

Dough

Roll

Cut as many rounds as possible, trying to minimize dough scraps, and transfer to the lined pans, spacing the cookies 1 inch apart. Repeat with the second dough patty. Press all of the scraps together, without overworking the dough, roll out, and cut additional cookies.

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Roll

Bake until the edges of the cookies arc golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the sheets from back to front and top to bottom halfway through baking. Set the baking sheets on racks to cool completely.

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Storing: The cookies will keep in an airtight container for at least 1 month.

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