Recipe - Benne Seed Raisin Bars

2 Sticks unsalted butter;
softened (1 cup)
1 cup Firmly packed light brown
sugar
2/3 cup Tahini; (sesame seed paste)
1 lg Egg
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
One half teaspoon Salt
2 cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Raisins; chopped
One half cup Benne; (sesame) seeds,
; toasted lightly and
; cooled

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream butter and sugar until
light and fluffy. Add tahini and beat until combined well. Beat in
egg, vanilla, and salt. Add flour and beat batter until just
combined. Beat in raisins and benne seeds. Spread batter evenly in a
buttered jellyroll pan, 15 One half by 10 One half by 1 inch, and bake in
middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 16 to 20
minutes. Let cool in pan on a rack and cut into 36 bars. Bars may be
made 3 days in advance and kept in an airtight container.

Makes 36 bars.

Gourmet January 1994

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