Sesame Seed Cookies
Serves: approximately three dozen cookies
 
from La Cucina Marinello
Ingredients
  • 3½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup milk or water
  • 1-2 cups sesame seeds
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and then the vanilla. Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix to form a soft dough.
  4. Break dough into 1-inch balls and shape into a small log, about 1½ to 2 inches long by ½ inch thick.
  5. Put the milk and the sesame seeds in separate shallow bowls or plates. Dip each log in the milk and then in the sesame seeds to coat. Place on a greased sheet pan about 1 inch apart.
  6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned. Cool cookies in the sheet pans for 3 to 4 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Recipe by Food and Friendship at https://www.foodandfriendshipsantabarbara.com/2014/12/17/sweet-holidays-and-a-giveaway/