Best 10 Sesame Seed Honey Cookies Recipes

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In the vast world of culinary delights, there exists a treat that captures the essence of delicate sweetness and nutty crunch - the sesame seed honey cookie. These bite-sized wonders, often showcasing a golden-brown hue and a delightful aroma, have captivated taste buds for generations. Whether you're a seasoned baker looking to expand your repertoire or a novice eager to embark on a delectable journey, this guide will unveil the secrets to crafting the most exquisite sesame seed honey cookies. Let's unravel the culinary magic behind these delectable treasures and embark on a journey of taste and texture that will leave you craving more.

Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!

SESAME SEED HONEY COOKIES



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From "The Arabian Delights Cookbook" by Anne Marie Weiss-Armush .Famous throughout the Middle East.

Provided by littlemafia

Categories     Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 4-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 cup sesame seeds
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon water
2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup water
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped pistachios (optional)

Steps:

  • Scatter the sesame seeds on a baking sheet and toast in a 350-degree oven until a light golden brown.
  • Combine the honey with the (1 tbsp.) water and use to moisten the sesame seeds. Spread in a saucer.
  • Stir together the flour, baking powder, and sugar.
  • Cut in the butter, as if you were making pie crust dough. Gradually add the (2/3 cup) water until the dough is smooth.
  • Form balls of dough the size of walnuts and dip one side of each ball into the sesame seed mixture to coat. The bottom side may be very lightly touched to the pistachios. Place on greased baking sheets, sesame side up.
  • Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

SESAME SEED COOKIES



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These black-and-white sprinkled cookies come packed with a rich nutty flavor.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Yield Makes: 5 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup tahini (ground sesame paste)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup sesame seeds, white, black or a combination of both

Steps:

  • Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  • Beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl using an electric mixer until well combined, about 3 minutes. Add the tahini, vanilla and egg and beat until light, about 3 minutes. Stir in the flour. Form the dough into two 12-inch logs that are 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until very firm, 4 hours and up to overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two or three baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Remove one log of dough from the refrigerator and slice into 1/4- inch-thick slices. Place the sesame seeds on a plate. Coat the cookies in sesame seeds by pressing them lightly into the seeds, and place them on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until lightly golden around the edges, about 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheets top to bottom and front to back halfway through cooking. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining log.
  • From Food Network Kitchen

HONEY SESAME CRISPS



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The warm cookies can be formed into ice-cream cones; or let them cool flat, and serve alongside a dish of fresh berries with whipped cream or ice cream.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Yield Makes about 20

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/2 cup white sesame seeds
1/4 cup black sesame seeds
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Zest of 1/2 orange, about 1 tablespoon
1 pinch of salt

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper, and set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, combine confectioners' sugar, butter, honey, and orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute.
  • Remove pan from heat, and stir in remaining ingredients. Cool to room temperature.
  • Using a 1/2-ounce ice-cream scoop, drop batter onto prepared baking sheets about 4 inches apart. Bake until cookies are crisp and golden, 10 to 12 minutes. To form ice-cream cones, shape warm cookies around a cone-shaped dowel, and place upright in a tall glass to cool. For flat cookies, transfer from baking sheet to a wire rack to cool.

SESAME SEED COOKIES I



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Italian cookies rolled in sesame seeds

Provided by Connie Lombardo

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Italian

Yield 42

Number Of Ingredients 6

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 ½ cups shortening
¾ cup milk
.063 teaspoon anise oil
2 ounces sesame seeds

Steps:

  • Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender-or work with your hands - until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  • Add anise oil (optional) small amount for it is very strong, to 1/2 cup of the milk and add to flour mixture. Gradually add more of the milk mixing until dough holds together.
  • Pull off small portions of dough and roll between palms of the hands into a roll about finger size. Roll in sesame seeds. Seeds stick better if put in sugared water and taken out and put on a clean lintless cloth. Roll on cloth with seeds, then flatten out too about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2 inch strips, place on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove, cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 136.4 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Cholesterol 0.3 mg, Fat 8.2 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 2.2 mg, Sugar 5 g

SESAME HONEY LACE COOKIES



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Categories     Cookies     Dairy     Dessert     Bake     Honey     Sesame     Gourmet     Kidney Friendly     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes about 60 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons water
1 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • In a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan bring confectioners' sugar, butter, honey, and water to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, and boil 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in sesame seeds, flour, and a pinch salt until mixture is combined well. Cool dough to room temperature. Form and bake cookies as directed below.
  • To form and bake lace cookies:
  • Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Roll level 1/2-teaspoons dough into balls and arrange 4 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake cookies in batches in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, 10 minutes, or until cookies are flat and golden. Transfer parchment with cookies to racks to cool. Cool baking sheets and line with fresh parchment between batches.

BENNE COOKIES



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Emily Meggett, who published her first cookbook, "Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island," at 89, learned how to make these crisp wafer cookies from her grandmother who learned from generations before. Benne seeds, sesame seeds that enslaved Africans brought with them to the southeastern shores of America, have long been a staple in Gullah Geechee cooking. They are an important component in rice dishes and savory crackers and are the stars of these buttery wafers. Regular sesame seeds will work fine, especially if you toast them in butter, but Mrs. Meggett suggests you try to buy benne seeds, an heirloom seed that is available online. They have a nutty, almost burned honey flavor and bring out the umami in the cookies.

Provided by Kim Severson

Categories     snack, cookies and bars, dessert

Time 1h

Yield About 40 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon/129 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing
1 cup/140 grams benne seeds or sesame seeds
1 cup/125 grams all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup/100 grams granulated sugar
1/4 cup/55 grams packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets with butter.
  • Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat and add the benne seeds, stirring them until coated. Toast the seeds, stirring frequently, until fragrant and darkened a shade, 2 to 3 minutes. Take care not to burn the seeds and turn down the heat if needed. Scrape onto a plate and let cool completely.
  • Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the remaining 8 tablespoons/115 grams butter and both sugars until well combined and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well. Add the cooled toasted benne seeds and the vanilla, then stir in the flour mixture.
  • Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of the cookie dough at least 2 1/2 inches apart on 1 prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown around the edges. Remove the wafers from the cookie sheet immediately and place on waxed or parchment paper to cool. Repeat with the remaining dough on the second cookie sheet, reusing the first sheet when it's cool, if needed.

SESAME SEED COOKIES WITH COCONUT AND HONEY



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The title pretty much sums it up. These cookies are unusual but delicious and probably healthier than your typical cookie.

Provided by HocoRuco

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 30m

Yield 30 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F Toast seeds and coconut until golden.
  • Combine eggs, oil, honey and vanilla.
  • Add sesame seeds and coconut,.
  • Add flour,.
  • Mix well.
  • Form dough into 1 inch balls, flatten with fork.
  • Bake 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 131.3, Fat 8.4, SaturatedFat 2.6, Cholesterol 12.4, Sodium 6.7, Carbohydrate 13, Fiber 2, Sugar 4.9, Protein 2.7

SESAME SEED COOKIES



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These are very special cookies served often in the South. They're perfect with tea or coffee. My whole family loves them. -Maxine Trively, Highlands, North Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 20m

Yield about 9 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

1-1/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sesame seeds, toasted and cooled

Steps:

  • In a bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar; add egg and vanilla. Combine remaining ingredients; add to the creamed mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pan for 30 seconds before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 46 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 38mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.

SESAME SEED COOKIES



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In South Carolina and Georgia, these popular cookies are known as "benne wafers," taking their name from the West African word for sesame.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Yield Makes about 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup hulled sesame seeds, toasted

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line four baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda, and set aside.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until combined. Add reserved flour mixture, and beat until combined. Add toasted sesame seeds, and beat until incorporated.
  • Using a spoon, drop cookie batter, about 1 tablespoon at a time, onto prepared baking sheets, allowing at least 2 inches between cookies for spreading.
  • Bake until golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from oven, and cool on a wire rack.

GOLDEN SESAME COOKIES



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A light sugar cookie with toasted sesame seeds. To make a double batch, I double all the ingredients but the butter and they still taste delicious.

Provided by Lois

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Cut-Out Cookie Recipes

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 8

½ cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup sesame seeds, toasted

Steps:

  • To Toast Sesame Seeds: Pour seeds into a pie pan and place in a 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Stir seeds occasionally.
  • Cream the butter or margarine with the vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar gradually, beating until fluffy. Add egg and beat thoroughly.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add in thirds to the creamed mixture. After each addition of the flour mixture stir in the toasted sesame seeds. Mix until blended. Cover and chill dough for at least 2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll 1/3 of the dough at a time to 1/8 inch thick. Cut with a 2 inch scalloped cutter. Transfer cookies to ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 101.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.8 g, Cholesterol 17.9 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 65.2 mg, Sugar 3.7 g

Tips:

  • To ensure the cookies spread evenly, make sure the butter and eggs are at room temperature before mixing them with the other ingredients.
  • If you don't have a baking sheet, you can use a pizza pan or a large sheet of parchment paper placed on a baking sheet.
  • If you like your cookies chewier, bake them for a shorter amount of time. For crispier cookies, bake them for a longer amount of time.
  • To make the honey glaze, simply whisk together honey and water until combined. You can add a bit of lemon juice or vanilla extract for extra flavor.
  • For a special touch, sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of the cookies before baking.

Conclusion:

Sesame seed honey cookies are a delightful treat that are perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make, delicious, and sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you're looking for a sweet and satisfying snack, give these cookies a try. You won't be disappointed!

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