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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
Proceed with recipe as directed in Steps 2 and 3, rolling dough logs in 1/3 cup benne seeds before wrapping and chilling.
—Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
This cookie showcases the flavor of benne seeds, or their alternative, sesame seeds.
—Joy Howard, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
Garnish with benne seeds.
—Whitney Otawka, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2021
Stews and soups may be thickened with benne seeds, an heirloom version of sesame seeds brought over on slave ships.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder; swapping out the benne seeds with sesame seeds and maple sugar with light brown sugar is fine.
—Nicole Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
Low country hurricane popcorn with Old Bay, cayenne, benne seed, popped sorghum berries and nori.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2021
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Word History
Etymology
of African origin; akin to Malinke bĕne sesame
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
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“Benne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benne. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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