Chinese Sesame Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pastry flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• 125 ml butter
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• sesame seeds, to decorate

Recipe

• 1 combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 2 in a larger bowl; beat the sugar, butter, egg and vanilla.
• 3 add your dry ingredients to the wet mixture and form a smooth dough.
• 4 roll your dough into a cylinder about 12-inches long.
• 5 divide the dough into two and cover with wax paper.
• 6 place both pieces of dough in the refrigerator for approximately 6-8 hours.
• 7 you must do this step.
• 8 after refrigeration time is over, and you wish to make your cookies, preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 9 cut your dough into rounds about 1/3 of an inch thickness.
• 10 continue by pressing each round into a plate full of sesame seeds.
• 11 place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 12 bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
• 13 remove from oven and allow them to cool for a minute or two.
• 14 transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
• 15 store in air-tight containers.