healthyeats: Sesame Candy Recipe with honey or molasses

Sesame Honey Bites

1. Butter well a 9″ square pan. Set aside.

2. In a large cast iron skillet set to medium heat melt 2 TBSP butter (I useKerryGold pastured butter).

3. Add 2 cups white sesame seeds (mine were raw which is why they are so white). Stir until coated in butter.

4. Heat for 5-7 minutes or until some of them are starting to turn golden. The calcium isn’t destroyed by heat, so feel free to brown yours a little more.

5. Add 1 cup honey and stir in the sesame seeds until melted throughout.

6. Add 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves. Stir until equally distributed through the sesame seed and honey mixture.

7. Transfer to the buttered pan (step 1) and smooth out as flat as you can. You don’t have to be too particular, it’s easily molded once it cools. Let set until warm, no longer hot, about 15-20 minutes. (This photo came out nice and golden looking due to flash).

8. Using a spatula on the side of the pan (I used a small 1″ spatula) run along the edges and overturn onto a large sheet of parchment paper. You may need to help it along. Don’t sweat it if it doesn’t fall perfectly flat or aligned, it’s easily reshaped.

Cut into 1″ strips.

9. Cut the strips to make 1″ squares. Transfer to parchment paper-lined airtight container. I had to make several layers inside my container, but they all fit.

Makes about three dozen. Hard to get an accurate count because my kids kept snagging them (okay, I was responsible for half a dozen myself!).

They are as delicious as they look. They are soft and somewhat pliable, but stay all in one piece. They aren’t hard at all like those crunchy candies – they would be if you used sugar, though, but I used all honey.

Now aren’t these more appetizing than a calcium tablet?