Chocolate & Orange Benne Wafer Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- Other desserts with sesame seeds:
- Swirl & Scrambleâs Chocolate Cardamom Date & Sesame Cake
- Dessert Firstâs Sesame Seeds Balls
- She Simmersâ Poppy Seed & Black Sesame Seed Cake
- Lisa is Cookingâs Sesame Seed Cake
- Crispy Waffleâs Palitaw (Sweet Rice Dumplings with Sesame Sugar & Coconut)
- Chocolate & Orange Benne Wafers
- Adapted from Americaâs Test Kitchen Family Baking Book
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup (packed) brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp (packed) orange zest
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 371g | |
| Calories 1658 | |
| Calories from Fat 1095 | 66% |
| Total Fat 126.49g | 158% |
| Saturated Fat 67.53g | 270% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 392mg | 131% |
| Sodium 987mg | 41% |
| Potassium 914mg | 26% |
| Total Carbs 125.43g | 33% |
| Dietary Fiber 17.8g | 59% |
| Sugars 25.22g | 17% |
| Protein 30.99g | 50% |
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