Sesame cookies

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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  ( How to... )
• 6 2 pinches salt
• 7 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 8 2 g baking powder
• 9 30 g beaten egg
• Total weight: 670 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
2 hours 30 min.	30 min.	2 hours 60 min.

Step by step recipe

1	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 stage 8.
2	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.
3	Start the mixer...
4	...and knead until evenly mixed.
5	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.
6	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.
7	Cut into strips just over an inch (3 cm) wide.
8	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.
9	Glaze the tops of the biscuits using a brush.
10	Bake for about 25 minutes. Do watch towards the end of cooking; the biscuits should be golden brown but not overcooked.
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.

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