Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Ingredients

• 180 g butter
• 50 g tahini (sesame paste)
• 100 g raw cane sugar
• Salt
• 2 Eggs
• 400 g spelt flour type 1050
• 75 g cocoa powder (strongly defatted)
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 100 g white chocolate
• 2 tbsp black sesame (10 g)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat butter with tahini, sugar and a pinch of salt until fluffy; fold in the eggs one at a time.

2. 2.

   Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking powder; stir into the batter.

3. 3.

   Line two baking trays with parchment paper. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls spaced widely apart.

4. 4.

   Bake in preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas 2–3) for 12–15 minutes. Remove, lift from tray with parchment and cool.

5. 5.

   Coarsely chop white chocolate and melt over a water bath. Decorate cookies as desired, sprinkle black sesame and let the chocolate set.