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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 30^th 2019

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For 30 pieces, you will need:

1 ½ cup sesame seeds
2 1 ²⁄₃ cup flour
3 0 kg butter
4 ½ cup caster sugar
5 ¼ cup Egg ( How to... )
6 2 pinches salt
7 1 tablespoon sesame oil
8 ½ teaspoon baking powder
9 0 kg 2 g beaten egg

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Time required for this recipe:

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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 ½ cup 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: 1 ²⁄₃ cup flour, 0 kg butter, ½ cup caster sugar, ¼ cup Egg, 2 pinches salt, 1 tablespoon sesame oil and ½ teaspoon baking powder.

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.

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.

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.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Glaze the tops of the biscuits using a brush.

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.

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
3,030 Kcal or 12,686 Kj	56 gr	296 gr	180 gr
151 %	22 %	28 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
454 Kcal or 1,901 Kj	8 gr	44 gr	27 gr
23 %	3 %	4 %	4 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
101 Kcal or 423 Kj	2 gr	10 gr	6 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sesame, Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 30 pieces : 2.16 €
Per piece : 0.07 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Financier batter, Gâteau Nantais, Arizona cupcakes, Oaty walnut cake , Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green beans with tomatoes, Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Cannelés, Comtoise apple charlotte, Artichoke Soup, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French Family Cake, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Panettone, Clear strawberry juice, Liège waffles, ... All
	Sesame seeds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower coconut curry, Hamburger buns, Seeded loaf, Feta and spinach brik pie, Fish in a sesame crust, ... All

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