Description[]
Benne seeds (sesame seeds) cannot be procured in many places, but the candy made with it is delicious and very characteristic of Charleston.
Ingredients[]
- 2 cup sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp lemon extract
- 2 cup parched benne seed
Directions[]
- Add the extracts to the sugar.
- Melt the sugar in a saucepan, stirring constantly, as for Peanut brittle.
- When the sugar is melted, add the benne seed, stirring it in quickly.
- Pour at once onto a marble slab to cool or pour into lightly buttered pans.
- Mark in one-inch squares while still warm and break along the lines when cold.