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Tahini Sesame Cookies
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Tahini Sesame Cookies

🍰 Desserts

Middle Eastern tahini cookies — savoury-depth sweetness, rolled in seeds. Buttery and fragrant, with a bakery-quality crackle on top. Sandwich two with a scoop of ice cream for an instant dessert upgrade.

Prep 16 min Cook 12 min Serves 16 Medium

Ingredients

  • Butter3 tbsp
  • Salta pinch
  • Eggs1
  • Sugar1 tsp
  • Tahini2 cups, chopped
  • Baking Powder1/2 tsp
  • Vanilla Extract1 tsp
  • Sesame Seeds1 tsp

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F and get two baking sheets ready.

  2. 2

    Whisk the flour, sesame seeds and leavening together in a bowl so everything is evenly distributed.

  3. 3

    Work the butter and sugar to a paste, add eggs, then bring the dough together with the dry ingredients.

  4. 4

    Fold in the tahini last so the streaks and chunks stay distinct.

  5. 5

    Chill the dough twenty minutes, scoop, and bake until the edges are golden and centres soft.

Chef's tip

With butter-based batters, cream until the mixture actually lightens in colour; that trapped air is your rise.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Healthy Tahini Cookies - No Butter - No Refined Sugar - Tahini Cookies Vegan - Sesame Cookies Recipe · on YouTube