Couque de Rins (cakey honey biscuits)
The couque de Rins is a honey cake variation of the couque de Dinant, with the addition of sugar to make the couque soft instead of rock-hard. The result is a sweet chewy cake full of honey flavour.
- Total:
Ingredients
- 300g of runny honey
- 100g of Demerara sugar
- 270g of plain flour
- 3g of potassium carbonate powder, sometimes this is sold as crystals, but you can crush them to powder using a mortar and pestle
Instructions
Step 1
Start a day ahead of bakingStep 2
Heat the honey and sugar in a medium saucepan over a low heat and remove from the heat just before it starts to boil, at the moment when the honey starts to move inward. Put the flour, potassium carbonate and cinnamon into a large bowl and make a well in the centre, then pour in the hot honey mixture and stir with a sturdy wooden spoon. The dough will seem too runny, but will firm up after a night’s rest. Set aside to rest overnightStep 3
Preheat the oven to 210°C/gas mark 7. Do not use the fan setting. Line a baking tray with baking paperStep 4
Scrape the dough out of the bowl and knead on a floured work surface until it is no longer crumbly and stickyStep 5
Roll out until 5 mm thick and use a 7 cm diameter cutter to cut out rounds. Lay them on the baking tray with ample space between them, as they will spread to 10 cm diameterStep 6
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden, not golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then keep in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks