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Toasted Sesame & Orange Cookie
Simple sablé recipe flavored with toasted sesame seeds and dried orange peel
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chilling time 40 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 10 cookies
Calories 123 kcal
Ingredients
- 125 g All-purpose flour
- 100 g Unsalted butter soft
- 40 g Granulated sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tsp Dried orange peel (alternately, you could use 2 tsps orange zest)
- 15 g Sesame seeds toasted and cooled
- 1 yolk
Instructions
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Combine flour, sugar, salt, orange peel (if using dry, if using zest add orange peel with yolk) and sesame seeds in a bowl* that seems slightly larger than you need.
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Rub in the butter using your fingertips and disperse it evenly.
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Add the yolk (and zest if using) and continue to gently work the dough together till its homogenous.
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Using the palm of your hand, push the dough away from you a couple of times till it is completely smooth (this is a more gentle motion that kneading)
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Pat into a square and wrap with plastic. Chill for about 15 minutes.
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Once the dough has firmed up. On a lightly dusted counter or between two sheets of parchment (or plastic) roll out the dough and cut into desired shapes.
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Gently move to baking trays and reroll the dough as necessary.
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Preheat the oven to 325**. Chill the cookies for at least 20 minutes or until the oven is ready
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They will take 6 to 10 minutes depending on how thick they are rolled.
Recipe Notes
Recipe notes:
*Traditional instructions for making sable will have you do this process on the counter. With the sugar and butter in the centre and the flour worked in. I like to create less mess and a more efficient process. So I divert from the tradition and make them in a bowl, and mix everything together in one go.
**Typically sablés (which these cookies are based on) are baked to a lighter finish. If you want darker cookies, bake at 350 instead.
