We are seriously getting into the Christmas Spirit and these
little cookies just scream Festive Flair Delicious on their own, with milk, with coffee or even with
a late night liqueur.
Sesame Snap Cookies
Makes 25 large cookies or 50 small
You will need
½
Cup Softened butter
1
Large egg
1
tsp Vanilla extract
½
Cup Brown sugar
1
¼ Cup All purpose flour
½
Cup White sugar
½
tsp Baking powder
Pinch
of salt
1/3
Cup Toasted sesame seeds
¼
tsp Ground cinnamon
¼
tsp Ground nutmeg
1/3
Cup Toasted sesame seeds (for garnish) in a separate bowl
How to make it
Pre-heat
oven to 160°C.
Beat
the butter, egg and vanilla extract together until light and fluffy (about 3
minutes).
Add
the rest of the ingredients (except the additional 1/3 cup sesame seeds).
Stir
together until well mixed.
Spoon
out 1 Tbls (for big cookies) or ½ Tbls for small cookies of the mixture, and
roll into little balls.
Roll
each ball in the remaining sesame seeds and coat well.
Arrange
the balls on greased cookie trays about 3 cm apart.
Flatten
each ball with a fork (don’t worry if they seem to crack).
Bake
for about 10 minutes – until the cookies are golden.
Rest
the cookies on the baking trays for 5 minutes before moving to wire drying
racks to cool completely.
Store
in an airtight container.
If you
are pressed for time you can buy this cookie mix ready-made from LekkerBek
(www.lekkerbek.co.za), all you need to do is add butter, an egg and vanilla extract –
as easy as
pie! It also makes the perfect Christmas gift J
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