Chocolate Tahini Cookies Recipe

After I made the Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies, I decided to try and make them even more chocolaty by using Soom Foods' Chocolate Tahini.

They turned out so yummy! 

If you're a chocolate lover, definitely give this a try!

Chocolate Tahini Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c Soom Foods Premium Chocolate Tahini
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1 c flour
• 3/4 t baking soda
• 1 t sea salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• flaky sea salt to finish

Directions:

• In a medium bowl, combine the butter, tahini, and sugars until creamy.
• Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and sea salt.
• Mix in the dry ingredients with the sugar mixture.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.
• Scoop dough into 2-inch balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake in a pre-heated 325-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10-13 minutes.
• Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

 

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Baba Ganoush Recipe

I love Baba Ganoush, and I actually made some of my own using Soom Foods Premium Tahini and Eggplant from Sensei Farms! 

It turned out so yummy - even the kids ate it up!

Baba Ganoush

Ingredients:

• 1 large eggplant
• 4 T Soom Foods Premium Tahini
• 1/2 t garlic, crushed
• 3 T lemon juice
• 4 T cold water
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 T olive oil + more to drizzle on eggplant when roasting
• black pepper to taste
• smoked paprika to garnish

Directions:

• Cut eggplant in half lengthwise.  Drizzle with olive oil, place cut side down on a foil-lined baking sheet, and roast in a 350-degree Fahrenheit pre-heated oven until tender (about 15 minutes).
• Place the eggplant into a bowl of cold water.  Once cool, peel and squeeze out any pulp, and mash with a fork.  
•  In a blender, mix the tahini, garlic, and lemon juice.  Slowly add in the water to thin, and mix.
• Add in the eggplant, salt, pepper, and olive oil, and blend until smooth.
• Pour contents into a bowl; garnish with smoked paprika

Mahalo to Chef Brian of Na`au for the recipe!

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Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

I had no idea tahini would taste so yummy in chocolate chip cookies until I made them.  I was given some Premium Tahini from Soom Foods, and they gave the cookies a nice nuttiness and creaminess to the cookies.  This may be one of my new favorite cookie recipes!

Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c Soom Foods Premium Tahini
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1 c flour
• 3/4 t baking soda
• 1 t sea salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• flaky sea salt to finish

Directions:

• In a medium bowl, combine the butter, tahini, and sugars until creamy.
• Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and sea salt.
• Mix in the dry ingredients with the sugar mixture.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.
• Scoop dough into 2-inch balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake in a pre-heated 325-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10-13 minutes.
• Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe adapted from davidlebovitz.com.  You can get the original recipe here.

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