Sesame cookies

These chewy sesame honey cookies are inspired by the grip one snack has on me. That snack is Trader Joe’s honey-roasted sesame almonds.

These biscuit-like cookies are addictive! Such crunchy texture and nutty sesame flavor. Keep the cookies dry by storing them, immediately after cooling, in an airtight container. They’ll last several weeks that way. The dough is best used to shape and bake the cookies right after it’s made.

Toasted sesame oil gives these pan-banging cookies a unique and nutty flavor profile, paired with bits of bittersweet chocolate. The crisp edges are rippled and wrinkly, while the center is soft and chewy.

Sweet and savory with a hint of umami sesame cookies have crisp edges and a gooey chewy center that features toasted sesame seeds and honey.

These orange and black sesame cookies have a great chewy texture with beautiful swirls of black sesame paste marbled throughout the cookie. Miso paste and soy sauce add depth and balance out the sweetness in the cookies. This cookie recipe is adapted from Sarah Kieffer’s Banana Espresso Cacao Nib cookie recipe in her cookbook, 100 Cookies. See notes for make-ahead directions.

This traditional Southern recipe for Benne Wafers makes a thin, sesame seed cookies with a crisp texture and lots of toasty sesame flavor. These good luck cookies are a crunchy, chewy treat.

These chewy Black Sesame Cookies are absolutely delicious. They’re rich and dense on the inside with a crunchy outer shell. The black sesame seeds give the cookies an unusual look—a dark, almost black inside and grey on the outside. Their distinctive nutty and fragrant flavor makes them perfectly irresistible. When you pull the cookies out of the oven, they’ll be a bit puffed and rounded on the top. As they cool, they will fall a bit and the tops will crack, which I think makes them look…

Italian Sesame Seed Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to serve with a cup of coffee or espresso.

This toasty sesame cookie recipe comes from '100 Cookies' by award-winning blogger Sarah Kieffer. Featuring her signature pan-banging technique.

These are very special cookies served often in the South. They're perfect with tea or coffee. My whole family loves them. —Maxine Trively, Highlands, North Carolina