• Preheat the oven to 175C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
• Mix the almond meal, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon and salt in one bowl.
• In another bowl whisk the tahini, honey and vanilla altogether.
• Stir the two mixtures together until well combined.
• Shape the cookie mix into 2cm balls, flatten into discs and place them on the baking tray about 3cm apart. Sprinkle the cookies with sesame seeds.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden. Cool before eating.

Optional Ideas

• Top the cookies with chopped pistachios or walnuts instead of sesame seeds.
• Add the finely grated zest of an orange.
• To make chocolate tahini cookies add 1 cup of choc chips to the cookie mixture.
• Make the recipe vegan by replacing the honey with maple syrup or brown rice syrup.