Not burnt - they're supposed to have brown edges. The French game of ring toss was the inspiration for the name. The cookies emerge from the oven with reliable dark brown edges, mimicking the rope rings used in the game. These showed real promise for flavor. Currants are soaked in rum, and both currants and the rum are added to the batter. In spite of using 151 Rum, very little rum flavor is left after baking. After all, this is the liquor, not a strong rum flavoring. I will have to remember that liquor evaporates during baking and is not a reliable flavor-enhancer. If only I'd consumed the rum over ice. Cookies pipe easily onto a buttered (and should have been floured) cookie sheet. They come off the sheet without the flour. The two whole eggs in this recipe produce a cake-like consistency. A client of mine was enthusiastic in his praise for these light, delicate disks. Of the several cookies on the plate, I was surprised this one caught his attention. I am not a f...
I began this blog when my mother was ill and needed enough of my attention that I could not concentrate on longer-form works I wanted to write. I set those aside to distract myself with cookie-making and this blog. Please find my new blog (2020) entitled "Time NOT Lost" at karenbrattesani.blogspot.com, where I explore the behavior I see around me -- both my own and that of others -- and what it says about our changing culture during the coronavirus pandemic. And, I hope, beyond.