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Tahini Billionaire Bars

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Bar cookies shown from above with layers of shortbread tahini butterscotch and sesame seedflecked chocolate
Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Susan Spungen

We took millionaire bars—shortbread plus caramel plus chocolate—and gave them an upgrade (hence, billions) with sesame seeds and tahini. The shortbread is tender, the filling is gooey, and the chocolate ties it all together.  

  

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