Sesame halvah toffee from In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories about the Food You Love (page 332) by Melissa Clark

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    Errata: 1/3 cup light brown sugar should be added to the shortbread mixture. See recipe for suggested additions.

  • clcorbi on December 11, 2016

    Made these for our Christmas cookie tray! I made sure to add in the 1/3 c brown sugar missing from the recipe, and also think these are delicious! I did the chocolate/crumbled halvah topping which really adds something. I love how chocolate and tahini play together. My only criticism is that this shortbread is VERY crumbly and the end result is difficult to cut into nice squares because of that. However, the flavor more than makes up for it, and I'd definitely make these again.

  • caitmcg on April 26, 2012

    With the note about the missing 1/3 cup light brown sugar, I was able to make this recipe, which is excellent. Sesame seeds and tahini flavor the buttery shortbread, which comes together quickly in the food processor, and is topped with a layer of dark chocolate and crumbled halvah. I might not bother with the halvah next time, though I liked it, just because everything else in the recipe is something I'm likely to have on hand.

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