"We could easily pick this halawa cookie out of a lineup—and that’s not just because the entire thing is encased in toasty sesame seeds. This Arab bakery’s version has a savory backbone with nuttiness from the housemade halawa. Also, it’s vegan, for all the plant-based dessert obsessives out there. The housemade halawa and sesame seeds all over Vegans, or people who yawn at “classic” chocolate chip cookies “So moist and sesame-y. Salty, sweet, perfect.”" - julia chen 1, patrick wong