Black and white sesame cookies are a classic Chinese pastry often served during the Lunar New Year or as a special treat. These cookies are characterized by their distinct black and white appearance, with a crumbly cookie base and a sweet, nutty filling made from a combination of black and white sesame seeds. The delicate balance of flavors and textures makes these cookies a favorite among people of all ages, and their unique appearance adds a touch of festivity to any occasion.
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BLACK AND WHITE SESAME SEED COOKIES
Black and White Sesame Seed Cookies
Provided by Alison Roman
Categories Bon Appétit Kid-Friendly Christmas Sesame Cookies Dessert Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes about 24
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Cookies:
- Whisk baking powder, salt, and 3 cups cake flour in a small bowl to combine. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl until well combined (butter does not need to be fluffy), about 3 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk and beat just to combine. Reduce speed to low and gradually mix in dry ingredients. Divide dough in half and form into 3/4"-thick disks. Wrap in plastic and chill until firm, about 2 hours.
- Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 325°F. Let 1 disk of dough sit at room temperature until slightly softened, about 5 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper, shifting often on sheet and dusting with more flour as needed to keep from sticking, until about 1/4" thick. Punch out rounds with cookie cutter and transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2" apart. Pat scraps into a 3/4"-thick disk. Chill 15 minutes.
- Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets halfway through, until edges are golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks and let cool. Cut out and bake scraps, then repeat process with remaining disk of dough.
- Do Ahead
- Dough can be made 1 month ahead; freeze. Cookies can be baked 2 weeks ahead; wrap tightly and freeze. Thaw before decorating. Frosting and Assembly Toss black sesame seeds and oil in a medium shallow bowl to coat seeds (this will keep them jet-black and shiny). Place white sesame seeds in another medium shallow bowl.
- Frosting and assembly:
- Whisk powdered sugar, lemon juice, salt, and 1/3 cup water in a large bowl until smooth. Place half of the icing in a pastry bag fitted with a 1/8" tip. (Or use a large resealable plastic bag and cut a small opening in 1 corner.)
- Working with 1 cookie at a time, pipe down center and then around the edge of half of the cookie to create a semicircle. Pipe icing inside border to fill, then use a small offset spatula to evenly spread over half of the cookie. Working quickly so icing is still wet, dip frosted part of cookie into white sesame seeds, patting gently to adhere, then letting excess fall back into bowl. Let sit 15 minutes for icing to set.
- Repeat process on the other half of the cookie, dipping into black sesame seeds, and let sit at least 20 minutes before serving
- Do Ahead
- Cookies can be frosted and decorated 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
BLACK AND WHITE SESAME COOKIES
Make and share this Black and White Sesame Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ChefMT
Categories Breakfast
Time 19m
Yield 36 cookies, 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix with dough hook, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
- Mix in oil.
- Separately Mix together eggs and milk.
- Add to dough and mix until smooth.
- Roll dough into ropes and cut off 2" pieces with pizza cutter.
- Roll each piece in combined blackand white sesame seeds.
- Bake on parchment paper for about 9 minutes or slightly golden on bottom.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.9, Fat 6.7, SaturatedFat 1, Cholesterol 17.9, Sodium 31.4, Carbohydrate 16.3, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 5.6, Protein 2
BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES
This is a black and white cookie recipe I've compiled together from many sources on the internet (mainly Brown Eyed Baker for the cookie, and Hemstrought's Bakery for the fondant icing) with my own additions to match what I remember from New York. Hope you like it!
Provided by bpyser1
Categories Desserts Chocolate Dessert Recipes Dark Chocolate
Time 1h55m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 25
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add eggs and beat for 30 seconds more. Add lemon zest, vanilla extract, and lemon extract. Mix together. Add flour mixture and milk gradually in equal 1/3 proportions, mixing batter well after each addition until fully incorporated.
- Spoon cookie batter out 1/4-cup portions onto the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges just begin to turn golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While cookies cool, melt butter for vanilla icing in a double boiler over medium heat. Stir in confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, vanilla extract, and salt. Add water gradually until vanilla icing comes together. Heat over the double boiler until icing falls off the back of a spoon in thick ribbons, 2 to 4 minutes. Set heat to low.
- Frost 1/2 of the golden brown underside of each cooled cookie with vanilla icing using a rubber spatula. Allow excess to dribble back into the double boiler. Let cookies cool for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, set the double boiler back to medium heat and add confectioners' sugar, semisweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, corn syrup, butter, vanilla extract, and food coloring to the remaining vanilla icing. Mix well, adding water until icing is combined. Heat until icing falls off of the back of a spoon in thick ribbons, 2 to 4 minutes. Set heat to low.
- Frost the other 1/2 of the cooled cookies using a rubber spatula in the same manner as before. Let cookies cool until icing sets, 1 to 2 hours. Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 389.5 calories, Carbohydrate 69.7 g, Cholesterol 38.5 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 108.2 mg, Sugar 48.2 g
SALTY BLACK AND WHITE SESAME COCKTAIL COOKIES
Make and share this Salty Black and White Sesame Cocktail Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Adie264
Categories For Large Groups
Time 1h35m
Yield 48 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a food processor, pulse the flour, almond meal, sugar and salt until combined. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture forms large clumps.
- Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead gently until it comes together. Divide the dough in half and press each half into a disk. Roll out each disk between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookies with a 1/2 inch cookie cutter, leaving in the disk. Slide the wax paper-covered disks onto a baking sheet and freeze for at least 1 hour, until firm.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Peel off the wax paper, press out cookies and place on baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Reserve leftover dough to re-roll and make more cookies. Lightly brush the cookies with the egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds.
- Bake the cookies for 17-20 minutes until they are lightly browned; shift the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 3 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool completely.
- Cookies may be frozen.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 41.8, Fat 2.8, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 9, Sodium 50.3, Carbohydrate 3.7, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 1.4, Protein 0.7
MARTHA'S TAHINI COOKIES
Rolling the dough in sesame seeds enhances the flavor of the tahini and gives the cookies a satisfying crunch.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 20
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line four baking sheets with parchment.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in tahini. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture until just combined. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Spread sesame seeds on a shallow dish. Scoop 2 tablespoons of dough; roll into a ball. Roll in sesame seeds until thoroughly coated, then transfer to prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing 3 inches apart. Bake, rotating halfway through, until golden brown, about 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.
MARBLED TAHINI COOKIES
Inky black tahini gives these cookies their dark swirl, sandy texture and nutty taste, which is reminiscent of halvah. But, if you can't get your hands on black tahini, simply omit it. Instead, add 1/2 cup plain tahini to all the dough in Step 4, and skip Step 5. The crunchy black sanding-sugar edge makes them truly modern, but you can also use black sesame seeds or turbinado sugar to adorn the cookies.
Provided by Susan Spungen
Categories snack, cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 2 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, whisk to combine 3 cups flour, the salt and baking powder; set aside. Coat a small loaf pan with cooking spray, then line with plastic wrap, tucking it into the corners and leaving plenty of overhang. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping bowl as needed. Add the large egg and the vanilla; beat on medium-high until combined, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed.
- Add flour mixture; beat on low speed until combined; then increase speed to medium and beat until dough starts to clump together, scraping bowl as needed.
- Remove dough from bowl, knead lightly and form into a fat log. Using a bench scraper or knife, cut into two pieces, one about 1/3 of the dough, and the other 2/3 of the dough. Return the larger piece to the bowl, add the plain tahini, and beat on medium speed until fully combined. Remove from bowl and set aside. Add the smaller piece and the black tahini to the bowl and beat on medium speed until fully combined.
- On a generously floured surface, using a bench scraper or a knife, cut the white dough in half. Pat half the white dough into a 5-inch square. Cut the black dough in half, then pat half the black dough on top of the flattened white dough to match dimensions. Repeat with remaining white dough, then black dough, so you have four alternating layers of white dough and black dough. Cut in half crosswise, and gently knead and roll one piece to marble the two colors together. Repeat with the second piece of dough. Stack both pieces of dough together (they should be fairly soft at this point, so be gentle), and briefly knead the pieces together to form one dough.
- Press dough into prepared pan, and fold the plastic wrap over the top to seal. Gently press down to even out the surface as much as possible. Chill until firm, preferably overnight, or at least a few hours and up to 3 days ahead, or freeze up to 3 months.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat the egg white with 1 teaspoon water to thin it out. Spread the sanding sugar out on a small baking sheet. Remove the block of dough from the loaf pan and unwrap it. Trim the slanted sides and the top if you want them really square. Very lightly brush the outside of the block with the egg white mixture. Press the block firmly to coat all sides (except the ends) with the sugar, sprinkling and pressing it on to cover any bare spots.
- Cut the block into barely 1/4-inch-thick slices, and lay them out 1 inch apart on two parchment- or silicone mat-lined baking sheets. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
- Bake until cookies are golden underneath, 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH BLACK SESAME AND SEAWEED
This complex and earthy cookie comes from Zoe Kanan, the pastry chef at Simon & the Whale restaurant in New York, and proves the notion that ingenuity is often born of necessity. While working in Hong Kong on a collaborative dinner with Yardbird restaurant, Ms. Kazan found herself with a glut of specialty ingredients at her disposal. Inspired by the experimental flavor combinations for which her mentor, Christina Tosi, is known, Ms. Kanan added black sesame paste, seaweed and sesame seeds to a tahini chocolate chip cookie recipe she'd been developing. Deeply chocolatey and extremely savory, the result -this cookie, created for the 2019 NYT Food Festival - is perplexing at first bite and addictive after that.
Provided by Alexa Weibel
Categories snack, cookies and bars, pastries, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 22 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and rye flours, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt; set aside.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat both sugars together on medium speed to blend. Add butter and beat on medium until beginning to lighten and starting to become creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs and egg yolk one at a time to the butter mixture, beating until incorporated, then add the black sesame paste and vanilla, and blend just until combined.
- Add the flour mixture all at once, and use a sturdy rubber spatula to fold it into the butter mixture until about halfway combined, and the mixture goes from a shaggy mess to a semi-combined dough. Scatter the chocolate and seaweed on top and fold just until dough forms. (A gentle touch is necessary, as overmixing can cause the dough to separate and crumble.)
- Add the black sesame seeds to a shallow bowl. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, portion the dough into about 22 balls (60 grams each). Working with one portion of dough at a time, roll it between your palms until rounded, then gently roll it into the sesame seeds until coated all over. Arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet and transfer to the refrigerator to chill at least 4 hours. (You can prepare the dough balls up to one week in advance; transfer to a lidded container or loosely cover them with plastic wrap and refrigerate.)
- When ready to bake, heat the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the cookies a few inches apart on a large baking sheet and bake until they have spread out slightly but are still puffed in the center, about 12 minutes. Once you've removed the baking sheet from the oven, gently tap the center of each cookie down using the bottom of a ladle, pressing just until you've created a slightly indented crater. (This technique helps ensure a gooey and chewy center.)
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store, covered, at room temperature, up to 2 days.
BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES
A New York classic, these iconic cookies are more like flat cakes coated with chocolate icing on one half and vanilla on the other. Martha made this recipe on episode 702 of Martha Bakes.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 10
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flours, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until smooth. Add milk, and whisk to combine. Whisk in melted butter and extracts. Add flour mixture, and stir to form a smooth dough. Cover, and chill for 1 hour.
- Line baking pans with Silpat nonstick baking mats. Using a 2-ounce scoop, drop five cookies per pan, 3 inches apart. Bake until edges are light brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack set over parchment paper to cool.
- In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons hot water, and corn syrup. Whisk until smooth. Using a small offset spatula, ice half of each cookie. Return cookies to rack to drip, if necessary.
- Add chocolate to remaining icing. Stir until smooth. Add additional corn syrup to thin to desired consistency, if necessary. Spread chocolate icing over second half of each cookie. Allow cookies to set, about 10 minutes.
Tips:
- Chill the dough: Chilling the dough before baking helps to prevent spreading and results in a crispier cookie.
- Use room temperature butter: Room temperature butter will cream together with the sugar more easily, resulting in a smoother batter.
- Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing the dough will result in tough cookies. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Use parchment paper: Lining the baking sheets with parchment paper will prevent the cookies from sticking.
- Bake the cookies until the edges are just beginning to brown: Overbaking will result in dry, crumbly cookies.
Conclusion:
Black and white sesame cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat. By following these tips, you can make perfect black and white sesame cookies every time. These cookies are perfect for any occasion, from a casual snack to a special dessert.
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