This Italian Sesame Cookie Recipe is based on www.ItalianRecipeBook.com ‘s recipe for Italian Sesame Cookies. Maybe due to using a different brand of flour than what the recipe writer used I had different results and my dough was so dry I couldn’t make cookies out of it. I cut the recipe in half too because it made far more cookies than I can even give away. Then to half of the recipe – I added more butter, a Tablespoon of water, a whole lemon zest instead of a half and maybe due to my oven I had to bake the cookies 25 degrees F higher to make them come out. In the end I wound up with delicious not-too-sweet cookies. I made about 34 cookies (with 1/2 of the original recipe) I can see eating one or two cookies for a serving……so I’ll estimate about 20 servings.

Ingredients for around 20 servings

1 3/4 cup flour

4oz unsalted butter – room temperature and slightly melted

1 Tablespoon water

1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon sugar

1 egg

1 lemon – just the zest

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

pinch of sea salt

1/2 cup sesame seeds

Directions

Set Oven to 375 degrees F.

Line a baking sheet or sheets with parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl mix together all the ingredients except for the sesame seeds. (flour, butter, water, sugar, egg, zest, baking powder, salt)

The dough gets rolled into small logs (something between a pen size and your pinky. Make each log almost as long as your thumb. Dip the log in water and sprinkle and roll in sesame seeds. Space some on baking sheet and Repeat till done.

The baking sheet goes on the middle rack till lightly browned. Ovens do differ some. In my oven this took 25 minutes.

Italian Sesame Cookies

A SPECIAL THANKS!!!!!! To www.ItalianRecipeBook.com for sharing their Italian Sesame Cookie Recipe so I could come up with what I got here!