Sesame cookies with blueberries
Ingredients
for 15 pieces
| 100 g | butter, soft, cut into pieces |
| 150 g | sugar |
| 80 g | tahini (sesame paste) |
| 1 | egg |
| 100 g | frozen blueberries, defrosted |
| 250 g | white flour |
| ¾ tsp | baking powder |
| ½ tsp | cinnamon |
| ¼ tsp | salt |
| 30 g | frozen blueberries, defrosted |
| 2 tbsp | icing sugar |
| 125 g | cream cheese |
| 1 tbsp | sesame seeds |
How it's done
Mixture
Place the butter with all the other ingredients up to and including the blueberries in a bowl, mix using the whisk attachment on a mixer.
Dough
In a bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt, stir into the mixture, mix quickly to form a soft dough – do not knead.
Cookies
Using an ice cream scoop or two tablespoons, shape the dough into approx. 15 balls. Place on two baking trays lined with baking paper, leaving plenty of space between each ball, and flatten them slightly.
To bake
Approx. 15 mins. in an oven preheated to 160 °C (convection). Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, leave to cool completely on a rack.
Frosting
Place the blueberries and icing sugar in a measuring jug, puree. Stir in the cream cheese. Transfer the filling to a disposable piping bag, cut off the tip, pipe on top of the cookies, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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