Gail W. Tolbert's Benne Wafers
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Butter
- 1 1/2 cup Brown sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup Sesame (benne) seeds
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/4 tsp Baking powder
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together and mix other ingredients in the order given.
- Drop with a teaspoon onto a well-greased cookie sheet far enough apart to allow spreading while baking.
- Bake in a 325 degree F oven for 7-10 minutes.
Notes
Yield: 7 dozen.
The History of the Benne Wafer
Unique to the Low Country since Colonial times, Benne (the Bantu-word for sesame) was brought from East Africa and planted extensively throughout the South. Other foods brought from Africa in the 17th and 18th century include peanuts, sweet potatoes, okra, black-eyed peas and collard greens.
