"Can you please make these cookies for me?” my better half asked me with a soft look, the one she saves for the times she wants something. “Which cookies?” I answer with an innocent look, continuing the game. ״You know what I mean, those small bagels that your mom used to make.” Mom used to prepare these small, crisp, crunchy bagels with sesame seeds at least twice a week, as once was not enough for us. Mom was no longer with us, and I couldn’t just call her and ask for the recipe, so I went on a journey to make mom’s cookies. My spouse says that my mom’s cookies were better, I guess there are secret ingredients that only moms have.
Ingredients
3 ½ cups flour
¾ cups sesame seeds
1 tsp salt
1 cup beer (I used corona)
¾ cups oil
¼ cup water
Heat oven to 350 F. Place flour, sesame seeds and salt in a large bowl and mix. Add liquids and mix until dough is formed. Make balls the size of a ping pong ball. (about one TBS). Roll each ball into a narrow roll, and attach the ends. Bake about 40 minutes to light golden. Turn oven off, and leave cookies inside so they harden and get brown.
