Benne Brittle

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup benne (sesame seeds), toasted
• ½

Slowly melt the sugar in a heavy skillet, then add the toasted benne and vanilla extract. Stir quickly together, then pour out onto a greased marble slab or into a greased cake pan to cool.

When the candy is thoroughly cooled, break it up with a mallet or a rolling pin and grind a cup of the brittle into a powder in a blender, a spice mill, or a food processor. Leave the rest of the bri