Benne Cookies | James Beard Foundation

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon margarine or butter, or more as needed (butter can be used to toast the benne seeds, but it burns more easily than margarine)
• 1 cup (140 g) benne seeds or sesame seeds
• 1 cup (125 g) sifted all- purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
• ¼ cup (55 g) packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract