Sesame Cookies (Benne Wafers)

I think this recipe was attached to a box of Benne Wafers that my parents brought me back from Charleston, SC back in 1991. I have never made them myself, but I remember the wafer to be very tasty.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 72

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup sesame seeds (toasted)
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar together.
2. Then mix with other ingredients.
3. Drop teaspoon sized balls on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet about 2” apart.
4. Bake in a 325° oven for 7-10 minutes.
5. Makes 6-dozen.