Jillian Atkinson makes a Jamaican Black Cake Cookie

<p>On <i>Play Me a Recipe, </i>your favorite cooks will walk you through their most treasured recipes, offering all the insider tips, stories, and tricks you won't get from a written recipe—and you'll be right alongside them, every step of the way. Feel free to pause, jump back, or navigate the steps via the podcast chapters (if you're in Apple Podcasts, swipe up on the episode player page—the podcast chapters will be at the bottom).  </p><p>If you're cooking along, here's the recipe we're making today. Go ahead and grab the ingredients below (Jillian starts listing them at <a href="https://play-me-a-recipe.simplecast.com/episodes/jillian-atkinson-jamaican-black-cake-cookie-recipe?t=0m52s">:52</a>) before starting the episode.</p><p><a href="https://food52.com/recipes/86948-black-cake-cookie-recipe"><strong>Black Cake Cookie </strong></a><br /><i>Makes about 3 dozen chewy 2-3 inch cookies</i></p><p>For the fruit mixture:</p><ul><li>1 cup (180g) black raisins, divided</li><li>½ cup (90g) pitted prunes</li><li>½ cup (90g) dried currants¾ cup tawny or ruby port wine</li><li>2 tablespoons Wray and Nephew (or your favorite) white rum</li></ul><p>For the cookie dough:</p><ul><li>1 ½ sticks (170g) unsalted butter, melted</li><li>1 1/4 (260g) cups brown sugar lightly packed</li><li>½ cup (100g) white sugar</li><li>2 large eggs</li><li>1 tbsp store-bought burnt sugar browning (optional; see note)</li><li>2tsp vanilla extract/paste</li><li>1 tsp white rum (or rum extract)</li><li>1 tbsp port wine</li><li>3 1/2 cups (420g) all-purpose flour</li><li>1 tsp baking soda</li><li>½ tsp kosher salt</li><li>1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon</li><li>1 tsp freshly ground or grated nutmeg</li><li>¾ cup (75g) coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)</li></ul><ol><li>Make the fruit mixture: Pulse ½ cup (90g) raisins, pitted prunes, and currants in a food processor to make a coarse chop. If you don’t have a food processor, chop by hand until everything is about the size of whole dried currants.</li><li>Add chopped dried fruit to a medium pot along with