I love riffing on cookies. I rarely plan to make them in advance, but a quick check for butter, flour, eggs, and sugar, and I’m halfway there. The fun comes from seeing what else I have around that ...

50 grams or 1/3 cup raw sesame seeds 1. In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar and baking soda until the dry ingredients are well mixed. Add the butter, milk, egg yolk and lemon zest ...

Recipes Toasted sesame seed cookies I discovered this recipe in a magazine ad for McCormick toasted sesame seeds. (You can use any brand and toast the sesame seeds yourself.) Sesame seeds have an ...

Sesame seeds have a rich, nutty flavor and are used in a variety of cuisines—sprinkled atop hamburger buns and sushi rolls, pureed into tahini and baked into cookies. We like to add toasted seeds to ...

This recipe was shared in 2004 by Julie Pizzuto Crawford, a Kenner resident who grew up in a large Italian family. The seed cookies, seen in abundance on St. Joseph Day altars, are a popular ...

Assyrian legend maintains the gods drank sesame seed wine, then created the earth. In the story Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, the password "Open sesame" reveals hidden gold and jewels. So what's with ...