SC - Possibly OOP, Wine Biscuits

[Char C.]

Where is this convent?  Does it  still exist and still make these 
biscuits?  I live outside of Providence and they do sound tasty.

Charlena

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>I'm seeking a recipe that resembles some wonderful wine biscuits made 
in a
>convent outside of Providence, RI.
>
>They were moderately hard, but not too dry, and had a reddish tint (red 
wine).
>They had enough shortening in them to spot the paper sacks they came 
in.  The
>flavor was slightly sweet and black peppery.  I have found wine 
biscuits
>occasionally in Gourmet stores but they lack the sweet/peppery taste.  
These
>were usually about the diameter of a silver dollar and round but 
occasionally
>the size and shape of a forefinger.  They were available, hot from the 
oven in
>the morning in back of the convent and were most marvelous in the mid
>afternoon with a cup of tea - or a glass of red wine!!!
>
>If anyone has a recipe for such a creation, I would be most 
appreciative.
>Would also wonder if there is any reference to such a sort of biscuit 
in
>anyone's documentation.  Many Thanks!!!
>
>Sister Mary Endoline
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