A Kitchen Chat with Chef Elizabeth Falkner:
Sicilian Sesame Seed Cookies
Chef Elizabeth Falkner, of Citizen Cake and Orson, held a live talk in her New York kitchen as she prepared cookies for Christmas. Falkner chose the recipe for Sicilian Sesame Seed Cookies from a viewer submission. The recipe is simple enough to make in mass quantities during holiday time. Something we all can appreciate.
“My Grandmother's Sicilian Sesame Seed Cookies (recipe goes back over 100 years).
2 1/2 c. flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 t. salt, 1/2 c butter, 3/4 c sugar, 1/4 c milk, 1 egg, 2 t vanilla. Make cookie dough by regular method. Chill. Roll into long rolls, about 1/2" in diameter. Cut into 1" pieces. Dip in egg wash and roll in sesame seeds. Bake on greased sheet pan or parchment, 425° (Fahrenheit or 218.3° Celsius) for 7 minutes. I love these because they're not real sweet and taste like home.”-- Sandina Clayton.
*Falkner utilized vanilla paste and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
I asked Chef Elizabeth Falkner, “If you made these cookies into sandwich cookies, what would you layer in between?”
She liked the idea and recommended it may be fun to use sesame paste or black tahini mixed with powdered sugar and a little bit of sesame oil. Another ingredient to sandwich between the cookies is green tea ice cream.
“Falkner is a huge fan of cooking competitions and has appeared on more than thirty television competition shows either as a competitor or a judge. Most people remember her battles to the final in Food Network's, ‘Next Iron Chef-Super Chefs’, where she was the runner up. She also appeared on ‘Iron Chef America’, ‘Food Network Challenge’, ‘Kitchen Inferno’, ‘All-Star Academy’, ‘Cutthroat Kitchen-Superstar Sabotage’, ‘Chopped Allstars’, as well the first season of Bravo’s, ‘Top Chef Masters’ and Cooking Channel’s, ‘Donut Showdown’, as a reoccurring judge. Falkner is a multiple award winning chef and James Beard Nominee. For more than twenty years, she wowed the San Francisco/Bay Area with her restaurants and patisserie, Citizen Cake and Orson.”
Credits: elizabethfalkner.com and facebook.com/ChefElizabethFalkner/videos/1171901829506678
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