Miso Black Sesame Shortbread

Name: Miso Black Sesame Shortbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 93 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened (225 g); ½ cup sugar (100 g); 2 tbsp white miso; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 g); 3 tbsp black sesame seeds, toasted

Runestones

Salty, buttery, a little toasty. Miso does what salted caramel does, without the sticky fingers. The dough lives in the freezer for whenever you need cookies.

Card-safeOne-handMake-aheadHolds 3h+Vegetarian

Prep15 min

Cook18 min

Rest/rise1 hr

Yield24 cookies

At the table: All session.

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Ingredients

Party size

One batch: 24 cookies.

Method

Beat the butter, sugar and miso 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla.
Look forPale and fluffy, with no streaks of miso.
On low speed, add the flour and sesame and mix just until the dough clumps.
Shape into a square log about 2 inches across and 9 inches long. Wrap and chill at least 1 hour.
Heat the oven to 325°F. Slice the log ⅜ inch thick and space on parchment-lined sheets.
Bake 16 to 20 minutes.
Look forEdges just turning golden, tops still pale.
Cool 10 minutes on the sheet; they are fragile while warm.

Make ahead

The dough log freezes up to 2 months; slice and bake from frozen, adding 2 minutes. Baked cookies keep a week airtight.

Holding

All session.

Allergens

Contains wheat, milk, soy, sesame. Always check labels on packaged ingredients.

Tavern Night

This dish's twist table (d6)

1–2	The classic stands. No twist. Cook it as written.
3	Herb swap. Roll the log in raw sugar before slicing
4	Acid strike. Add 1 teaspoon orange zest to the dough
5	Plating challenge. Stamp each with a rune or dice pip before baking
6	Host's boon. The Host picks any twist above, or the table invents one. The safety rule still applies.

Roll before you start cooking. No twist ever changes a time, a temperature or how done something must be.