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Halva Cookie Recipe

An ultra soft, melt-in-your-mouth, halva cookie recipe made with tahini.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 20 cookies
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 1/2 cup tahini*
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, seeded or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment or lightly grease it.
  2. Cream together butter and sugar in a stand mixer.
  3. Add in tahini. Remove seeds from the vanilla bean and add those to the mixture (or extract).
  4. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour mixture in by spindling it over the wet mixture with the mixer on low speed. Mix just until incorporated. Roll the cookie batter into 1 tablespoonful balls and place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until starting to slightly crack on top.

Notes

You can find tahini in most grocery stores and at all health food stores. Tahini is a ground up sesame seed paste.