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Today, the bakery sells between 800 and 1,600 pounds of their benne wafers each week.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Our not-too-sweet shortbread spiral cookie is made from two doughs, one flavored with chocolate and one flavored with the nutty, buttery benne seeds.
—Omar Tate, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2024
Monsour leans in with the playful touches: a smashburger slicked with Duke’s mayo sweetened with maple syrup and cinnamon, avocado toast dressed with cucumber-mint salsa and whizzed with drizzles of benne tahini.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Our not-too-sweet shortbread spiral cookie is made from two doughs, one flavored with chocolate and one flavored with the nutty, buttery benne seeds.
—Omar Tate, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2024
Monsour leans in with the playful touches: a smashburger slicked with Duke’s mayo sweetened with maple syrup and cinnamon, avocado toast dressed with cucumber-mint salsa and whizzed with drizzles of benne tahini.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Benne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benne. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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