Sesame Shortbread Cookies

Enjoy these savory little cookies often, but be sure to offer them the next time you entertain. Save the baking for right before your guests arrive, and greet them at the door with the rich, buttery aroma that pours from the oven. Serve them with a lump of Oriental Wok-Marinated Goat Cheese and a simple herb salad right on top, or as a treat all by themselves.

homemade sesame shortbread cooking information

• Yield: 20-30 Cookies
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Cook Time: 15-20 Minutes

homemade sesame shortbread recipe ingredients

• 2 ¼ Cups Flour
• 1/2 Cup Toasted Sesame Seeds
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 3/4 Cup Chilled Butter (1 ½ sticks)
• 1/2 Cup Tahini (Sesame Seed Paste)

homemade sesame shortbread recipe instruction

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a food processor, combine flour, salt, and sesame seeds.
3. Cut your chilled butter into cubes.
4. Add your butter and tahini to the dry ingredients in the food processor, and blend together until it becomes the consistency of dough.
5. With your hands, make one-inch balls of dough. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, and smash flat with the heel of your hand.
6. Place cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.
7. Remove from oven and let cool. Serve and enjoy.

homemade sesame shortbread tips and tricks

• These may be made in advance and then stored carefully (they will be fragile) in an air-tight container. Keep for one week.
• Tahini is essentially sesame seed “butter.” Both tahini and sesame seeds may be found in the international aisle of your grocery store, or at specialty Asian markets.