Note: There is a significant amount of wine and rum in this cookie. Though not infused, those avoiding alcohol might prefer to skip this treat.
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black Woman elected to Congress, first black candidate for a major-party presidential nomination from a major political party, first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, and the founder of the Congressional Black Caucus. Though former N.Y. State and U.S. Representative Chisholm was born in the States, she spent her formative years in her mother’s beloved homeland and the place where her parents met, Barbados.
The Shirley Chisholm Cookie is a play on Caribbean Black Cake, a fruit cake like delight that is colored with burnt sugar and flavored with port wine and Barbados rum steeped fruit. The cookie contains all the "Unbought and Unbossed" beauty of this Bajan-American woman whose life work was to uplift those denied a seat at the table.
sold by the half dozen
pairing suggestions: coffee, black tea, butter pecan ice cream, aged cheese
Ingredients: Flour (Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour, Organic Unbleached Barley Flour), Brown Sugar, Butter (Cream, Natural Flavors), Eggs, Water, Sea Salt. Contains Wheat, Eggs, and Milk May Contain Walnuts