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: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe: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: 667 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2 hours 27 min. | 30 min. | 2 hours 57 min. |
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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 stage 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 stage 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.
Keeping
Several days in an airtight tin.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,001 Kcal or 12,565 Kj | 54 gr | 296 gr | 178 gr |
| 150 % | 21 % | 28 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 450 Kcal or 1,884 Kj | 8 gr | 44 gr | 27 gr |
| 22 % | 3 % | 4 % | 4 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 100 Kcal or 419 Kj | 2 gr | 10 gr | 6 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 30 pieces : 2.16 €
- Per piece : 0.07 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Carbonnade, Cheese tart, Fish in a sesame crust, Fillet of salmon meunière, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Welsh-style potato purée, Smoky sausage and mash, Mont d'or in brioche, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chouquettes, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Gâteau Nantais, Pizza dough, Milk rolls, ... All |
 | Sesame seeds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Foie gras fingers, Fish in a seed crust, Black sesame flan, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Sushi, ... All |
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