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| Benne Wafers |
The girls love cookies!
But I rarely make them as my oven is small and I am playing with the cookies all day long!
There
are some recipes that are bookmarked and postponed for ages. This one happens
to be one of them.
The
reason I did not make these wafers for a long long time was I did not expect
anyone to like them. Finally after a lot of dilly dallying I made these cookies.
I halved the recipe much to everyone’s indignation.
I
have made these with eggs but in case you want to make them eggless replace them
with ¼ cup curd and ½ tsp of baking powder.
What
prompted me to “Fire my Oven this April” was the Mega Baking Marathon we
have here.
Benne Wafers
Recipe Source: Here
Ingredients:
- 1 cup til/sesame seeds, toasted
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
- 4 tblspn butter, softened
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Method:
Preheat
oven to 160°C/325°F.
Cover
baking tray in parchment paper, silpat or lightly oil them.
Toast
the til/sesame seeds in a heavy kadhai/wok over medium heat until they are
golden brown.
Sift
the flour and salt and baking powder.
Beat
the brown sugar and butter in a bowl till fluffy.
Add
the egg and continue beating.
Add
the flour mixture to the butter, sugar, egg mixture, and mix well.
Stir
in the toasted sesame seeds, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.
Chill
the dough for 30 minutes in the refrigerator for easier handling.
Drop
by teaspoonful onto tray or like me make small balls ( This was possible
because the dough was in the fridge for more than ½ a day).
Leave
space for the cookies to spread.
Bake
for approximately 15 minutes, or until the edges are slightly brown.
Cool
for a minute or two on the cookie sheets, then transfer to a rack to continue
cooling.
Makes
2-4 dozen, depending on the size of your spoonfuls.
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Crunchy wafers!! Looks delicious..
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Cookies with sesame is just so tempting. I love the sesame flavors and this would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteThese look so crunchy, right?
ReplyDeleteGlad your girls love cookies, not as mine!! wafers look crunchy and i like that name!! :)
ReplyDeleteI thought benne meant butter (as in Kannada we call butter by that name ) :)) these sesame topped ones look so good !
ReplyDeleteLove the addition of sesame seeds and hey look so nice...
ReplyDeleteInteresting cookies sounds inviting,addition of sesame seeds make it more tastier and rich..
ReplyDeleteWow those cookies looks so crisp and must be flavorfull with those sesame seeds
ReplyDeletei thought I commented here, but not seeing mine.. anyway
ReplyDeletethe wafers are looking awesome!!
Cookies look awesome...wish could have some:))
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