Benne Wafers aka Sesame Seed Cookies Recipe

These small and delicious cookies are chewy and such a great snack for Christmas, holidays or with coffee! Traditionally from Tanzania and other countries in East Africa but now also common in Southern United States!

Benne Wafers aka Sesame Seed Cookies Recipe from Hot Eats and Cool Reads! These small and delicious cookies are chewy and such a great snack for Christmas, holidays or with coffee! Traditionally from Tanzania and other countries in East Africa but now also common in Southern United States!


My daughter is a Daisy in Girl Scouts and recently we went to a Girl Scout's event called "Thinking Day". 

Each troop represents a country at Thinking Day, and has fun activities, games and foods to try from that country. 

We visited the Tanzania booth and they had these awesome little bites of goodness, Benne Wafers. 

I completely fell in love with these cookies. The toasted sesame seeds add an amazing flavor. They are perfect. 

This recipe makes a HUGE batch, about 70-ish, but they are small cookies. 

Once you start eating these, you won't be able to stop. Consider yourself warned 😉


Benne Wafers aka Sesame Seed Cookies Recipe from Hot Eats and Cool Reads! These small and delicious cookies are chewy and such a great snack for Christmas, holidays or with coffee! Traditionally from Tanzania and other countries in East Africa but now also common in Southern United States!

If you love cookies, stop by and check out some of my favorites: Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Walnut Shortbread, Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies, Chocolate Candy Cane Kiss Cookies, Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cookies, or Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies!

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Benne Wafers aka Sesame Seed Cookies

by Sheena
Ingredients (75 small cookies)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl mix all ingredients until well combined.

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop the dough, a 1/2 teaspoon at a time onto parchment paper, allowing 1 1/2 inches between each cookie.

Bake for 4-6 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Remove parchment paper with the cookies from the cookie sheet and set aside to cool.

Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container.
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Comments

  1. I bet these are great! I just love the flavor of sesame seeds. I am sure these would be a big hit in my house!

    Thank you for linking up to the In and Out of the Kitchen link party. I look forward to seeing what you bring next week.

    Cynthia at http://FeedingBIg.com

    Ps - I am sharing this on Google+

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    1. Thanks so much for sharing, Cynthia! The sesame seeds add an awesome flavor!

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  2. Looks delicious! Can't wait to try them :-) Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party !

    Linda
    With A Blast

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  3. Oh WOW...I LOVE toasted sesame seeds and know I would gobble a buncha these up pretty quickly. They look grrrreat! Thanks for sharing at Weekend Potluck. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

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  4. I'm a big fan of cookies and luv sesame seeds, these sound delicious. Thanks for sharing this with Foodie Friends Friday. Hope to see you next week for Cinco de Mayo.

    Joanne/Winelady Cooks

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  5. Made this and love them. Not to sweet and just really good. Question? How long will they keep in an airtight container? I am just leaving them on the counter or should I put in the refrigerator. I want to make another batch for Christmas and want to make sure they won't go bad. thanks

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    1. They should last a few days in an airtight container on the counter. I have not tried refrigerating them. Thanks for stopping by!

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