Italian Sesame Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 heaping cups of flour
⅔ cup Crisco shortening
¾ cup sugar
3 medium eggs separated (keep whites in a bowl) you need the yolks for the cookie dough
¼ cup milk or half and half
1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder
¼ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vanilla, almond, lemon extracts, anise, orange... any one of those will do well.
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Directions:1 In a separate bowl add sesame seeds in it to roll cookies into 1-1/2 cups of toasted sesame seeds.
2 Mix everything in a large bowl except the egg whites.
3 Beat the whites and set aside.
4 Roll into egg-shaped logs, dip in the egg whites, roll into the sesame seeds.
5 Place on a greased cookies sheet.
6 Bake at 375° preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. The longer you bake them the crunchier they will be.
7 Heat the sesame seeds on medium heat, shaking the pan occasionally. Remove the seeds when they darken and become fragrant.
o Note to toast seeds: When toasting, use a wide frying pan. I spray mine with cooking oil. They will pop on high heat. If you have a silicone splatter cover to place on top and keep a close watch.
o For toasting inside the oven: preheat the oven to 325° F. Spread the seeds out on a baking sheet on parchment paper. Bake until the seeds brown and become fragrant.
o Tips: It usually takes 3 and 5 minutes to toast sesame seeds in a frying pan and about 15 minutes using the oven
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Servings:60 cookies |
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Time:40 minutes |
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