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Black Sesame Cookies with Crackly Edges

A practical, source-aware recipe for black sesame cookies, with the history kept close to the method.

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Black Sesame Cookies, presented as a food-focused editorial visualization by The Foods That Shaped Us.

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Black Sesame Cookies

A practical, source-aware recipe for black sesame cookies, with the history kept close to the method.

Prep
20 min
Cook
12 min
Yield
18 cookies
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 120 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 140 g brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 90 g black sesame paste
  • 180 g plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp fine salt
  • 30 g black sesame seeds

Method

  1. Cream for Black Sesame Cookies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 1: Cream for Black Sesame Cookies.
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    Cream

    Beat butter and sugar until smooth, then beat in the egg and sesame paste.

  2. Make the dough for Black Sesame Cookies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 2: Make the dough for Black Sesame Cookies.
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    Make the dough

    Fold in flour, baking soda, salt, and sesame seeds.

  3. Chill and shape for Black Sesame Cookies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 3: Chill and shape for Black Sesame Cookies.
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    Chill and shape

    Chill for 30 minutes, then portion 18 balls on lined trays.

  4. Bake for Black Sesame Cookies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 4: Bake for Black Sesame Cookies.
    4

    Bake

    Bake at 180 C for 10 to 12 minutes, until set at the edges but soft in the center.

Storage

Cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat only when the texture benefits from it.

Allergens

Sesame, Milk, Egg, Gluten

Why this dish belongs here

The history behind the method

This cookie is a contemporary bakery form using an ingredient with much older East Asian and South Asian histories.

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Black Sesame history

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