Port and Sesame Biscuits

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 95.7
  • Total Fat: 4.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 0.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 10.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 1.6 g

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Introduction

If I was making these vegan "tasting cookies" for company, I'd use a good white port, but I've made them with regular tawny and they were delicious as well. They're not overly sweet, but great to put on a cheese tray with fruit and crackers after dinner. If I was making these vegan "tasting cookies" for company, I'd use a good white port, but I've made them with regular tawny and they were delicious as well. They're not overly sweet, but great to put on a cheese tray with fruit and crackers after dinner.
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    1/2 cup port wine
    1/3 cup fruity, rich olive oil
    1/2 cup sugar
    2 tsp lemon zest
    1/2 tsp anise or fennel seed
    1 1/4 cups flour
    1/2 tsp baking soda
    1/4 tsp salt
    2/3 cup sesame seeds

Directions

In a bowl, combine wine, oil, sugar, lemon zest and anise, mixing well.
Stir in the flour, baking soda, salt and sesame seeds.
Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350F and line two sheets with parchment.
Scoop tablespoons of dough onto the sheets and bake the cookies (while the dough is still cold) for 13-14 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through baking.

Serving Size: Makes 24 small cookies

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.