Best 8 Benne Wafers Recipes

BENNE WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place the benne (sesame) seeds on an ungreased baking sheet and toast for 10 to 12 minutes, until light brown. Watch closes so that they don 't burn.
• In a large bowl mix the brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, egg, vanilla extract, flour, salt, baking powder and toasted sesame seeds together until combined.
• Drop dough by 1/2 teaspoonfuls 1 1/2 inches apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 4 to 6 minutes, until light brown. Let cookies cool for about 2 minutes before removing from baking sheets to a wire rack to cool completely. Store cooled cookies in an airtight container.

BENNE WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter for about 30 second, so that it is even softer. Add the sugar, vanilla, salt, baking soda and egg and beat until just combined. Add the flour and mix until smooth. Stir in the sesame seeds.
• Drop the dough by tablespoonful onto the baking sheets, making sure to leave at least an inch between the wafers for spreading. Spray your hands or a spatula with nonstick spray and press the cookies down to keep them from doming.
• Bake until golden brown and starting to crisp on the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the wafers to cool for 1 minute on the baking sheets, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

BENNE SEED WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place sesame seeds on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until fragrant and lightly browned, 10-15 minutes; cool., Reduce oven temperature to 300°. In a large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until crumbly. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder. Gradually beat into sugar mixture. Add cooled sesame seeds and stir to combine., Roll level teaspoons into balls. Place 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Reduce oven temperature to 275°; bake until set but still soft, 18-20 minutes. Cool on pan 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. , For optional chocolate drizzle, in a large microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate, uncovered, at 50% power until melted, stirring every 30 seconds, 1 to 1-1/2 minutes. Add shortening and stir until melted. Drizzle over cookies; let stand until set.

BENNE SEED WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat together 2 eggs and oil until frothy. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, and sesame seeds. Mix into egg mixture. Add extra flour if needed to make a stiff dough; it shouldn't be sticky.
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured board as thinly as possible. Using a 3-inch-round biscuit cutter, cut into circles. Arrange on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water to make egg wash. Brush wafers lightly with egg wash. Poke holes all over crackers with a fork, making sure the holes go all the way through.
• Bake for 10 minutes, or until brown around edges. Turn over, and bake until golden brown and crisp, about 4 minutes. Let cool; store in an airtight container.

BENNE-SEED WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a shallow baking pan spread seeds evenly and toast in middle of oven, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 8 minutes. Cool seeds.
• Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and table salt. With your fingertips or a pastry blender blend in lard or shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add seeds and milk, stirring until a soft dough is formed. Divide dough in half. Keeping remaining piece of dough wrapped in plastic wrap, roll out 1 piece between sheets of plastic wrap to 1/8 inch thick (about an 8 1/2-inch square) and remove top sheet of plastic wrap. With a sharp knife cut dough into 1 1/2-inch squares, reserving scraps. Peel squares off plastic wrap and arrange about 1/2 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Roll out and cut remaining piece of dough in same manner. Reroll reserved scraps and cut in same manner.
• Bake wafers in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle wafers with coarse salt and transfer to a rack to cool. Wafers may be made 1 week ahead and kept in an airtight container at cool room temperature.

BENNE SEED WAFERS

Steps:

• Toast your sesame seeds and let cool.
• Cream the butter and sugar, adding beaten egg, then the flour that has bee sifted with salt and baking powder. Add the vanilla and Sesame seeds.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated 325°F oven.
• Allow to cool one minute before removing them from the cookie sheet and place on cooling rack.
• This makes a transparent cookie wafer.

BENNE CHEESE WAFERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread the sesame seeds on a baking sheet. Bake them for five minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are toasted golden but not brown. Transfer to a bowl and cool.
• Using a wooden spoon, beat the butter and cheese together in a bowl until they are well blended. Blend in the Worcestershire sauce. In another bowl, stir together the flour, cayenne, mustard, salt and sesame seeds. Gradually stir into the butter mixture to make a stiff dough, then knead to blend all the ingredients evenly.
• Pinch off small pieces of dough and roll them into marble-sized balls. Place them about an inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with the tines of a fork in a crisscross pattern.
• Bake them for 12 minutes, or until they are crisp but not brown. Cool on racks. Store in airtight container.

BENNE WAFERS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375F. Thoroughly grease and flour 2 cookie sheets or spray them with a vegetable-oil based cooking spray. 2. In a 9inch cast-iron skillet, toast the seeds over medium-low heat, agitating them frequently in the pan, until they are the color of unpopped popcorn, about 5 minutes. 3. Sift the flour with the sugar, brown sugar, and baking soda twice. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with punching strokes of a pastry blender or with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 4. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg white on medium speed to medium-stiff peaks. Add the dry ingredients in quarters, beating until the batter is consistently smooth and lustrous, about 2 minutes. Add the toasted seeds and vanilla and beat on low speed just until the seeds are evenly incorporated. Transfer the batter to a pastry bag fitted with a round tip or to a plastic bag with a zipper seal with a tiny piece of it's tip cut off. 5. Working in batches of 30, pipe the batter in 1/4 tsp-sized drops about 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet and bake until the cookies just begin to turn from blond to auburn, about 4-6 minutes. Transfer the cookie sheets to a rack and cool until the cookies have stiffened, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a spatula to a container with a tight-fitting lid. Repeat until all the cookies are baked, and let them cool completely before sealing the container. 6. The cookies will keep in the container for 3-4 days.