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Italian Sesame Seed Cookies
Italian Sesame Seed Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to serve with a cup of coffee or espresso.
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 whole eggs
1/2 cup plus two tablespoons whole milk, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon baking powder
4 cups all-purpose flour, or less
2 1/2 cups sesame seeds, see Notes below
Instructions
- Place softened butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer with paddle attachment and beat until smooth and pale, about one minute.
- With mixer running on low, add one egg at a time. Scrape bowl and mix again.
- Add two tablespoons of milk along with vanilla and mix just a few seconds to incorporate.
- Add baking powder and mix.
- With mixer running, gradually add flour until you have used 3 ½ cups. Check consistency of dough. It should be soft and pliable but not sticky. Use a little more flour as needed.
- Use remaining flour to dust your counter and pour dough out onto flour and knead a few minutes, cover and let rest 15 minutes.
- While dough is resting, preheat oven to 375 degrees F and place oven rack in top most position.
- After resting, pour ½ cup of milk into a medium bowl and the sesame seeds into another.
- Using a one-ounce scoop, scoop out 36 portions of dough onto your counter using all of the dough. Then roll each in between your palms to form 36 balls.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Take one ball at a time and dip in milk then roll in the sesame seeds. Pick up the coated ball and form into a rectangle with your hands getting the height between half an inch and three quarters of an inch high and place on cookie sheet.
- Repeat for all 36 balls and place on the two pans, 18 per sheet. They don’t rise or spread very much so they can be somewhat close together. I staggered the rows to fit 18 per pan with plenty of space between them.
- Bake on top oven rack for 15 minutes, baking one pan at a time.
- Use a spatula and slide them off onto a cooling rack that is sitting over a sheet pan to catch the sesame seeds that fall off.
- Cool and serve.
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Notes
Club stores and some supermarkets often sell sesame seeds in larger 16-ounce containers or you can order them here.
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