Sesame Fork Cookies
- Ready In:
- 9mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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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
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the brown sugar, baking powder and nutmeg; beat till combined. Beat in the egg, tahini or peanut butter, and vanilla.
- 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.
- Bake in a preheat 375F oven for 7-9 minutes or till lightly browned. Remove cookies from the pan and cool on rack.
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