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Chocolate Hamsa Tahini Cookies

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Servings

12 Servings

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • cup raw tahini
  • 1 egg
  • teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ baking soda
  • cup sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ tablespoon cocoa powder
  • Sesame seeds
  • *hamsa cookie cutter

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, add the evoo, tahini, egg, vanilla, salt, baking soda and sugar. Mix until thoroughly combined.
  • Add the flour and mix until a crumbly dough forms. Turn out the contents of the bowl on to a table. 
  • Squeeze the dough into a solid piece.
  • Cut in half. Add the cocoa powder to one half and mix in.
  • Take ping pong ball sized pieces of the light dough and roll between your hands to shape into a ball. Roll in sesame seeds. Place on a baking paper lined tray.
  • Form balls of the chocolate dough and place on a baking paper lined tray.
  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Use a glass to press each ball into a flat cookie. Place the sheets in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, until dough is chilled.
  • Cut hamsa shapes in all the cookies using your awesome hamsa cookie cutter and switch the light ones with the chocolate ones.
  • Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are perfectly golden.
  • *if you can't get a hamsa cookie cutter, any shape will work.