Crisp Savory Bread Rings

SERVE these savory bread rings with cheese or dips or on their own as snacks. They are similar to the taralli of southern Italy and the traditional oil cookies baked in most Sephardic Jewish communities. The original recipe is believed to have come from Sfakia, Crete. On Kalamata, in the southern Peloponnese, similar bread rings are fried in olive oil rather than baked. The dough is very easy to make, and the shaping, although somewhat time-consuming, is not complicated. For an easie