Gomashio (Sesame Salt) Cookies

Name: Gomashio (Sesame Salt) Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 16 tbsp salted butter (*see recipe notes); 1/2 cup tahini (or sesame seed paste) (120 grams); 1/2 cup brown sugar (80 grams); 1 cup white sugar (220 grams); 2 large eggs; 2 cups & 2 tbsp flour (300 grams); 6 tbsp cornstarch (42 grams); 2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt (1/8 tsp if using Morton's); 2 tbsp white sesame seeds; 2 tbsp black sesame seeds; 1 tbsp large flake salt; 1 tbsp cane sugar or demerara sugar (any large grain sugar will work here)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:15min

These gomashio cookies are like the next-level up of your favorite sesame cookie. They are sweet, nutty, rich with brown butter and slightly salty from the coating of homemade gomashio. Gomashio is a Japanese sesame salt, and it makes these cookies unbelievably craveable in a way you won't forget!

Updated at: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:09:30 GMT