Benne Wafers
Quick answer
- Total time
- 72 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 12 servings
- Ingredients
- 8
About this dish
Spooned mounds of batter spread wide in the oven into thin wafers, with enough toasted sesame that nuttiness and brown-sugar sweetness come first.
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Right out of the oven they are fragile; a minute or two on the pan firms them enough for a wide spatula, and the thin edges crisp only once fully cool. Shallow layers in an airtight container keep them whole.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat to 175°C and line trays with parchment.
Beat butter, sugar, salt, soda, vanilla and egg until evenly creamy.
- 2
Mix in flour just until incorporated, then stir in toasted sesame.
- 3
Portion into about 36 tablespoon-sized mounds.
Place no more than 12 on each large tray, about 9 cm center to center, leaving room to spread.
- 4
Bake one tray at a time for 8-9 minutes until spread and golden.
Let firm on the tray 1-2 minutes, then move to a rack with a broad spatula.
- 5
Cool completely for at least 20 minutes until crisp, then pack in shallow layers in an airtight container.
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