Totally Terrific New Miso Tahini Cookies at the Bakeshop
The cookie corollary to an “espresso shot” of sesame
Sometimes we work hard to craft a new product so it can make a big impact almost immediately. Other times, we start something for a good reason (like we love it and think it’s terrific) but don’t actually expect it to garner much attention. And then, suddenly, seemingly out of the blue, it turns out to be one of the tastiest things we make!
The latter is the lead-in to these terrifically tasty new Miso Tahini Cookies in the Bakeshop! During the time we’ve been making them, they have probably gotten the least attention of all of the many lovely cookies in our famous Fancy Schmancy class, a class we offer seemingly countless times as we come ever closer to the holidays. While the public at large has pretty much passed these cookies by, Bakehouse co-managing partner Amy Emberling and I are both of the opposite ilk. We love them! They’re delicate, delicious, slightly sweet, just the tiniest bit savory. They’re also very full-flavored, with a lovely, complex flavor and a long, delicate finish. Truth be told, I could eat a lot of them! Man, oh man! So, so good!
The tahini in the cookies comes from the three sisters who started and run Soom Foods in Philadelphia. New York Magazine deemed Soom’s tahini the best of the best back in 2019, and it’s also been praised by the New York Times, Food & Wine, and Bon Appétit. They use only high-quality Humera sesame seeds from Ethiopia. The quality of the tahini, of course, takes the cookies to the next level.
The cookies are crafted by mixing butter, brown sugar, white miso paste, and tahini with eggs, vanilla, and flour. Each cookie is garnished with both black and white sesame seeds. Put these little treats out after dinner, enjoy one with your morning espresso, or have one with a cup of the current Roaster’s Pick from the Coffee Company, the Honduras Pablo Paz. Great, too, with a dab of good jam on top—try ’em with that wonderful Apricot Jam from Olbia I opined about so enthusiastically week before last!
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