Tahini Yin-Yang Cookies that Will Rock Your World
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Author: Cary Hanson
Cookies that taste like Chocolate covered halvah. Recipe makes about 32 cookies depending on the size.
Ingredients
  • 4 oz Unsalted Butter (one stick)
  • ¾ cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Tahini (stir well before measuring)
  • 1½ cup AP Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 Tb Cocoa
Instructions
  1. Combine sugar and butter in the bowl of a mixer. Beat well until creamy (you need not go all the way to fluffy).
  2. Add the Tahini and beat until incorporated
  3. Add flour and salt and beat until thoroughly incorporated. Remove half of the dough from the mixer. Add the cocoa powder to the mixing bowl. Incorporated the cocoa in well and now you have a chocolate flavored dough and a straight up sesame dough.
  4. Form each dough into a log, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes so it's easier to work with.
  5. Remove from fridge and cut the logs in half lengthwise. Pre-heat your oven to 350.
  6. Form each half into the tadpole shape of the Yin Yang, squishing one corner into a point and rounding out the other. I'm using parchment paper here as a working surface. The dough won't stick to it and keeps things clean.
  7. Combine the sesame half with the chocolate half and roll together to make a new half and half log.
  8. Slice into half-inch thicknesses and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet with a little room a part from each other. You may want to reform the cookies a bit so they don't have a flat side.
  9. Bake in your preheated 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until edges start to get toasty. Enjoy now (they might be crumbly) or let cool on a rack for as many minutes as you can stand. They'll keep in an air tight container for up to a week.
Recipe by Cleonice at https://cleonice.bdnblogs.com/2015/03/20/dessert/tahini-yin-yang-cookies-that-will-rock-your-world/