Ingredients

• ​Sift the flour, vanilla & baking powders together
  
• Add the sugar & butter in a mixer
  
• Cream together & scrape sides
  
• Add the egg & mix
  
• On slow speed add the flour gradually & scrape the sides
• Mix until the dough doesn't stick to the sides
  
• Place in a bowl, cover in plastic wrap & refrigerate for 1/2 an hour (not longer)
• Chop the pistachios & place in a flat & shallow dish
  
• ​Place the sesame seeds in a flat & shallow dish
  
• Add some of the sugar syrup in the sesame seeds & mix
• Mix until sesame seeds stick to the back of the spoon
• Preheat oven 350F or 180C
  
• Using a 1  1/2 inch or 4cm ice-cream scoop, scoop a small ball of the dough
• Divide into 2 and round them into balls
  
• Press the ball in the pistachios making a disc
  
• ​Then gently press the other side on the sesame seeds
  
• ​Place pistachio face down on a parchment lined baking pan
  
• Bake for 20-25 minutes
  
• Let them cool for 10 minutes before placing them on a cooling rack
  
• Makes about 40 cookies ENJOY!
  

Directions

2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 cup Butter (room temperature)
1 1/2 -2 cups Sesame Seeds (toasted)
1 cup Pistachios
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg (room temperature)
1 teaspoon Vanilla Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
2-3 tablespoons Sugar Syrup
1/4 cup Sugar & 1/4 cup water 
(heated over a cooktop then cooled down)

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Sesame Seed & Pistachio Cookies