Sesame-Tahini Cookies

Name: Sesame-Tahini Cookies
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters sesame seeds (preferably hulled); 118 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters well-stirred tahini; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 0 teaspoons gold or silver luster dust (optional)

Sesame-Tahini Cookies is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains approximately 2g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 93 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, flour, sesame seeds, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes, then beat in tahini and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 2 batches, mixing until a crumbly dough forms.

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Vanilla

Butter

Tahini

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

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Transfer dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and press into a disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Stir together sesame seeds and luster dust (if using) in a small bowl.

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Sesame Seeds

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Bowl

Roll dough into 1-inch balls, then roll balls 1 at a time in seeds to coat and arrange 2 inches apart on lined baking sheets.

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Dough

Seeds

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are puffed and starting to crack, 12 to 15 minutes total. Cool on sheets 10 minutes (cookies will be very fragile when hot), then transfer from parchment to a rack to cool completely.

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