Sesame cookies
These soft little cookies have a double whammy of sesame flavour from toasted seeds combined with a little sesame oil.
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Last modified on: September 22th 2019
For 30 pieces, you will need:
- 1
100 g sesame seeds - 2
250 g flour - 3
120 g butter - 4
100 g caster sugar - 5
50 g egg - 6
2 pinches salt - 7
1 tablespoon sesame oil - 8
2 g baking powder - 9
30 g beaten egg - Total weight: 667 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: Several days in an airtight tin.
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2 hours 27 min. | 30 min. | 2 hours 57 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Spread 100 g sesame seeds over a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.
Toast in the oven for 5 minutes.
Leave to cool. Keep the paper; we'll be using it again in Step 8.
Spread 100 g sesame seeds over a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.
Toast in the oven for 5 minutes.
Leave to cool. Keep the paper; we'll be using it again in Step 8.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Put into a mixer bowl: 250 g flour, 120 g butter, 100 g caster sugar, 50 g egg, 2 pinches salt, 1 tablespoon sesame oil and 2 g baking powder.
Add the cooled, toasted sesame seeds.
Add the cooled, toasted sesame seeds.
Stage 3
Start the mixer...
Stage 4 - 7 min.
...and knead until evenly mixed.
Stage 5 - 2 hours
Flatten the dough out into disc, wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
All this can be done the day before and left overnight in the fridge.
All this can be done the day before and left overnight in the fridge.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Roll out the really cold dough with a rolling pin, not too thinly, about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.
Roll out the really cold dough with a rolling pin, not too thinly, about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Cut into strips just over an inch (3 cm) wide.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Cut across the strips to create the biscuits, about 2 inches (5 cm) long here. Sit these on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.
Tip: reuse the paper from toasting the sesame seeds in Step 1.
Tip: reuse the paper from toasting the sesame seeds in Step 1.
Stage 10 - 25 min.
Bake for about 25 minutes.
Do watch towards the end of cooking; the biscuits should be golden brown but not overcooked.
Do watch towards the end of cooking; the biscuits should be golden brown but not overcooked.
Stage 11
Leave to cook on a wire rack.
Remarks
The sesame oil gives a real lift to these cookies. You can boost this by adding a little more and reducing the butter by the equivalent amount.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 30 pieces : 2.16 €
- Per piece : 0.07 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Doughnuts, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust, Spring veal sauté , ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Elsa's Comtoise galette, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Passion fruit jellies, ... All |
| Sesame seeds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish in a seed crust, "Psychedelic" sandwich bread, Bacon rolls, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Mixed seed grissini, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little caramelized peach tarts, Pavlova, Alsatian apple tart, Toasted-flour biscuits, Poaching syrup, ... All |
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