Benne wafers are thin, lacy cookies made from toasted sesame seeds, butter, sugar, and a small amount of flour, dropped by the spoonful onto a baking sheet and baked until they spread into fragile, caramel-edged rounds. They are delicate enough to shatter at slight pressure, sweet with a roasted nuttiness from the sesame, and faintly […]

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Pfeffernüsse are small, round German spice cookies — dense, chewy at the center, and coated in a thin white sugar glaze or rolled in powdered sugar while still warm. The name means “pepper nuts,” which accurately identifies one of the key ingredients but undersells the complexity of the spice profile. A properly made Pfeffernüsse contains […]

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