Title: Benne Seed Cookies
Categories: Candies, Christmas, Holidays
Yield: 60 servings
12 tb Butter
1 c Sugar, brown
1 Eggs
1 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Vanilla extract
3/4 c Sesame seeds
Preheat oven to 325. Cream butter until soft, then gradually beat in
sugar and egg until mixture is fluffy. Combine flour and baking
powder; stir into butter mixture. Add vanilla and sesame seeds and
mix well. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets,
about 1-1/2" apart. Bake 12-15 minutes, until cookies are light brown.
Let cookies rest a minute, then remove immediately from baking sheet.
If cookies harden before removal, return to oven for a minute to
soften.
"These cookies can be frozen, or will keep well in tightly-covered
container."
Recipe by Marian Burros, NY Times food columnist and author of severan
cookbooks. Source: _Gifts from the Christmas Kitchen_, sent by BEE to
Sylvia Steiger (THE.STEIGERS on GEnie, 71511,2253 on CI$) for the
November 1992 cookbook swap
