Recipe#7386

Title: Benne 01

Message-ID: <36EF2ACB.FC510D4C@ziplink.net> 
 From: Lyman & Danielle Morgan lmorgan@ziplink.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Authentic Benne Wafers 
 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:08:44 -0500 

1 c benne (sesame) seeds
 1 1/2 sticks butter, melted
 1 1/2 packed light brown sugar
 1 1/4 cake flour 
 1/4 t baking powder
 1/4 t salt
 1 teaspoon pure vanilla 
 1 large egg
 Preheat the oven to 300F.  Toast the benne seeds on a baking sheet
 till golden, 10 mintues or so.  Remove from the oven and increase
 the heat to 325F.
 In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix thoroughly
 with a wooden spoon.  Drop the first batch of batter by .5 teaspoons
 onto a well greased aluminum foil lined cookie sheet about 1.5
 inches apart and bake till evenly brown.  (If pale and puffy they
 are not ready.  15-20 minutes, watching constantly to avoid burning.
 Remove from the oven, allow the cookies to cool a few minutes,
 carefully peel them from the foil and cool on a rack.
 Yield:  About 75 cookies.