Chocolate Benne Wafers

1 week ago 9

Democracy Dies successful Darkness

5.0 (1)

This big cooky -- conscionable a tad saccharine -- is simply a beauteous riff connected the benne effect wafers that are a contented successful South Carolina's Low Country. And it couldn't beryllium easier to enactment them together.

You tin usage store-bought toasted benne seed, oregon toast your own; spot NOTE.

The rounds of dough request to beryllium refrigerated for 30 minutes earlier baking. The cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 week oregon frozen for up to 1 month.

From Sarah Malphrus, enforcement pastry cook astatine Woodberry Kitchen, Artifact Coffee, Shoo-Fly and Parts & Labor successful Baltimore.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 36 thin cookies

  • 1 cupful flour
  • 1/4 cupful unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1 cupful airy brownish sugar, packed
  • 1/4 spoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 spoon baking soda
  • 1 ample egg
  • 1 cupful benne seeds (white sesame seeds), toasted (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per cookie

  • Calories

    70

  • Fat

    5 g

  • Saturated Fat

    2 g

  • Carbohydrates

    3 g

  • Sodium

    25 mg

  • Cholesterol

    10 mg

  • Protein

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Sarah Malphrus, enforcement pastry cook astatine Woodberry Kitchen, Artifact Coffee, Shoo-Fly and Parts & Labor successful Baltimore.

Tested by Jane Touzalin.

Published December 2, 2014

|

Updated March 15, 2026

Read Entire Article