Sesame Fork Cookies

These may look like old-fashioned peanut butter cookies, but their texture and flavor is deliciously updated with tahini (sesame paste).

• Ready In: 9 mins
• Yields: 70 cookies

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine, softened
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  egg
• 3  tablespoons tahini (sesame paste) or 3  tablespoons peanut butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup whole wheat flour
• 1 2⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3 cup sesame seeds

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
2. Add the brown sugar, baking powder and nutmeg; beat till combined. Beat in the egg, tahini or peanut butter, and vanilla.
3. Beat in the whole wheat flour and as much of the all-purpose flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining all-purpose flour and the sesame seed with a wooden spoon. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten each ball by pressing with the tines of a fork in a crisscross pattern.
4. Bake in a preheat 375F oven for 7-9 minutes or till lightly browned. Remove cookies from the pan and cool on rack.