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Sesame Tahini Cookies

Sesame Tahini Cookies #Recipe

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Sesame Tahini Cookies

Sesame Tahini Cookies

These Sesame Tahini Cookies are not white and fluffy. They are not delicate like the Lebanese Butter Cookies. And they might not look too Christmas-y. But I can assure you that they go very well with Turkish Coffee (or any other kind of coffee!) after one of our Middle Eastern / Lebanese Christmas dinners.

Christmas is a season, not just a day, and each year our family tries to really enter into the season by celebrating for the full 12 days of Christmas. One of the best ways for us to celebrate (besides attending Mass and praying) is through the foods that we cook and the meals that we share around the table.

One of the great joys that I have is watching my kids grow up and acquire a love for good food and for cooking! My daughters love to bake cookies from scratch, and they often bake chocolate chip cookies or sugar cookies. But ever since my first pilgrimage to the Holy Land these Sesame Tahini Cookies have become a family favorite. I like the addition of tahini in this recipe. It gives the cookies an unexpected, yet pleasant, quality, almost like peanut butter cookies, but lighter and crispier.

As part of our celebration this year, I am sharing 12 Christmas #recipes, one for each day of Christmas. If you would like to submit a recipe for one of your favorite Christmas dishes, you can use the form below. It might just get published here at CatholicFoodie.com!

12 Days of Foodie Christmas

Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine

This recipe for Sesame Tahini Cookies – and 77 other recipes – is included in my new book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications.

Enjoy!

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Sesame Tahini Cookies #Recipe
Author: Jeff Young
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 11⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
  • 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1⁄2 cup tahini, well blended
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1⁄3 cup sesame seeds
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt, and mix together well.
  3. In the work bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Then add the tahini and the vanilla extract. Beat to incorporate. Reduce speed of the mixer and begin to add the flour mixture in batches, continuing to mix until it forms a crumbly dough.
  4. Transfer the dough to a work surface covered with plastic wrap. Press the dough into a disk, wrap it in the plastic and refrigerate it for about an hour, or until it becomes firm.
  5. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. It’s best to alternate baking sheets since you will not be able to fit all the cookies on one sheet.
  6. Place the sesame seeds in a bowl.
  7. Remove dough from refrigerator and pull pieces from the dough and roll them out into 1-inch balls. Then roll each ball in the sesame seeds and place on baking sheet, arranging the cookies about 2 inches apart.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes, until the cookies are puffed up and start to crack. Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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About Jeff Young

Jeff Young, perhaps better known as The Catholic Foodie, is an author, blogger, radio host and podcaster. He is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast where he provides "Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table." Jeff hosts a daily radio show – The Catholic Foodie Show – on BreadboxMedia.com, and he co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on Catholic Community Radio 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM (Baton Rouge). Jeff is a monthly contributor to CatholicMom.com and a contributing author of Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, published by Ave Maria Press. Jeff is also a contributing author of The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections by Ave Maria Press. Jeff Young is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking. Jeff has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications is now available. With 78 recipes and stories of faith and family (including his travels to the Holy Land), the book is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and to gather your family around the table. The book is available on Amazon.com, Liguori.org, and wherever good Catholic books are sold.

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About The Catholic Foodie

Jeff Young, perhaps better known as The Catholic Foodie, is an author, blogger, radio host and podcaster. He is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast where he provides "Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table." Jeff hosts a daily radio show – The Catholic Foodie Show – on BreadboxMedia.com, and he co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on Catholic Community Radio 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM (Baton Rouge). Jeff is a monthly contributor to CatholicMom.com and a contributing author of Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, published by Ave Maria Press. Jeff is also a contributing author of The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections by Ave Maria Press. Jeff Young is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking. Jeff has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications is now available. With 78 recipes and stories of faith and family (including his travels to the Holy Land), the book is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and to gather your family around the table. The book is available on Amazon.com, Liguori.org, and wherever good Catholic books are sold. Read More…

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