Tahini and Brown Sugar cookies

If you are still reading, then you've got to be sesame crazy like me! It's not everyone's cup of tea when it comes to this much sesame and tahini. A lot of people don't mind the sesame in a stir-fry but that's it. Due to it's distinct taste and overpowering quality tahini and sesame oil are used with caution in cooking and baking.

We make a large variety of sweets for our New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka, where I grew-up. Though I haven't done that in years, I still relive those moments . I was a massive fan of these celebrations, all because we get to make and eat sweets.

One of my favorite things to make was the Sesame balls. This uses toasted sesame, coconut, coconut palm sugar (jaggery) and this was a flavor bomb! which got me thinking, that, I haven't tried making it yet (it require a stone mortar and a pestle... rather a large one, not sure what to substitute this with..) If I did, I will have to share the recipe, it is so yummy!

This cookie takes me back to those days. That's why I love this so much. If you are a lover of all things sesame, then this recipe is for you.

I love to experiment with my food. You can safely say that this is a mashup of a Brown sugar cookie and a tahini cookie. Tahini was new to me and it was love at first sight. I use it in several dishes from stir-fries to cakes. It is something you can't eat on it's own, cos of the bitter after taste, but works like magic when added to something.

This is the easiest cookie recipe ever ( okay may be one of the easiest) You can really mix everything in one bowl and bake them straight away and enjoy. The whole process won't take more than 25 minutes from measuring ingredients to actually eating a baked cookie. No need to chill the dough!

This cookie is great with tea or coffee and you can actually dunk this as it is crispy and would hold it's shape. Great with a glass of milk before bed too.