Gold Eagle Benne Seed Delight with Benne Wafers

This recipe is from the old Gold Eagle Hotel in Beaufort, which was an elegant inn built in Beaufort during the 1930s and torn down in the early 1960s. The owner and developer, Kate Gleason, envisioned Beaufort as a recreational retreat for wealthy visitors. She is widely credited with building the first golf course in Beaufort County. In the Gold Eagle’s heyday, it welcomed such luminaries as Clark Gable, Somerset Maugham, and Adla