FRESH FIG NEWTONS
Fresh Fig Newton are a homemade version of the popular store bought cookies, made with fresh figs!
Provided by Heather Tullos
Categories Cookies
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a medium-sized, heavy-bottomed saucepan, make the filling. Bring the figs, 1/2 cup brown sugar, lemon zest, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a low boil, stirring as needed.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 40-50 minutes, occasionally smashing the larger pieces with the back of a fork and stirring. They will cook down and thicken with a jam-like consistency.
- Remove the filling from the heat and cool completely. See Note**
- Preheat the oven to 350. Butter a 9 X 13 baking dish, then line with parchment paper or foil then butter the parchment or foil. Use plenty of butter.
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flours, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and 1 1/2 cups brown sugar until it's fluffy. Add the orange zest and eggs. Beat on medium until the dough comes together. Then stir in the vanilla.
- Gradually incorporate the flour mixture with the mixer on low. The dough will be sticky.
- Butter two "pan-sized" pieces of foil or parchment paper, measure 1 1/2 cups of the dough out, and roll or press the dough in between the pieces. This will be your top crust, so get it into a rectangle-ish shape if you can. Put it in the freezer.
- Press the remaining dough into the prepared baking dish and bake for about 20 minutes. It will be pretty and golden brown.
- Spread the fig filling across the baked crust and then get the top crust out of the freezer.
- Gently peel the foil or paper away from the frozen cookie crust and then place it over the top of the fig filling. Pat any stray crust pieces into place.
- Bake for another 20-25 minutes. Watch it closely! The top will turn a nice golden color.
- Let the whole thing cool completely in the pan, on a wire rack if you have one. Once cooled, lift the parchment (or foil) out of the pan and slice into squares.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 calories, Carbohydrate 0 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fiber 0 grams fiber, Protein 0 grams protein, Sodium 0 grams sodium, Sugar 0 grams sugar
FIG NEWTON-ISH COOKIES
This is a dark, not very sweet, fig-filled cookie, basically a homemade fig newton. The crust gets a toasty flavor from whole wheat flour and walnuts, while the fig filling really lets the dark flavor of the fruit come through. These are definitely better the next day, as the cookies soften and the flavors get a chance to meld together.
Provided by Kim
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Orange Dessert Recipes
Time 14h35m
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Combine whole wheat flour, ground walnuts, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter, brown sugar, and honey together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg, orange zest, and vanilla extract; beat until thoroughly combined. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing until just combined and dough is very soft and sticky.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Pat into a disk and refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.
- Place figs, water, honey, orange juice, vanilla extract, orange zest, and nutmeg in a medium saucepan. Bring filling mixture to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook until figs are softened and fall apart easily when pressed with a spoon, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 10 minutes.
- Place filling mixture into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Pour puree into a glass container and let cool completely until filling has a spreadable consistency. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place a piece of parchment paper on a work surface and generously flour the paper and a rolling pin. Roll out the chilled cookie dough into a 10x14-inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Continue to flour the parchment and rolling pin as necessary. Divide dough into 4 strips about 3 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches long.
- Divide the fig filling among the strips of dough. Spread filling lengthwise down the center of each piece, leaving about 1/2 inch of space on the sides. Gently pull one side of the dough halfway over the filling. Repeat with the opposite side and pinch to seal in the filling to form a cookie log about 1 inch wide and 10 inches long.
- Gently roll the log over so it's seam-side down. Brush off any excess flour and gently press the top of the roll to flatten slightly. Repeat this process with the other dough strips.
- Brush off any excess flour from the top of, and in between, the cookie logs. Gently lift the parchment paper, with the cookies still on it, onto a baking sheet. Arrange logs about 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cookies just begin to brown and feel slightly crispy to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes. Use a serrated knife to slice each log into 8 pieces about 1 1/4 inch long and 1 inch wide. Let cookies cool completely, at least 40 minutes.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container until softened, 8 hours to overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 118.7 calories, Carbohydrate 19.5 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 100.3 mg, Sugar 14.1 g
FRESH FIG COOKIES
A good moist cookie.
Provided by Pat Kersteter
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Fig Dessert Recipes
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Cream sugar and shortening and add beaten egg.
- Sift dry ingredients and blend with creamed mixture. Fold in figs and nuts.
- Drop by spoonfuls on greased sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 176.2 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 10.3 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 166.1 mg, Sugar 12.7 g
HOMEMADE FIG NEWTONS RECIPE
Homemade fig newtons made with dried figs and a whole wheat brown sugar crust. Even better than store-bought!
Provided by Christina Lane
Categories Cookies and Bars
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- FOR THE FILLING: Simmer the figs, apple juice*, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the figs are very soft and the juice is syrupy, 25 to 30 minutes. There should only be 3-4 tablespoons of liquid remaining in the pan when they're done.
- Let the mixture cool slightly. Puree the figs in a food processor with the lemon juice until the mixture has a thick jam consistency, about 8 seconds.
- FOR THE CRUST: Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with a parchment both directions, and then grease the paper.
- Whisk the flours, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 6 minutes.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.
- Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
- Reserve 3/4 cup of the dough for the topping!
- Sprinkle the remaining dough mixture into the prepared pan and press into an even layer with a greased spatula.
- Bake the crust until just beginning to turn golden, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, roll the reserved 3/4 cup of dough for the top crust between 2 sheets of greased parchment paper into an 8-inch square; trim the edges of the dough as needed to measure exactly 8 inches. Leaving the dough sandwiched between the parchment, transfer it to a baking sheet and place it in the freezer until needed.
- Spread the fig mixture evenly over the crust. Unwrap the frozen, reserved top crust and lay it over the filling, pressing lightly to adhere. Honestly, this part doesn't have to be perfect; you can see in the photos I had some tears and holes and I just patched it. Once you cut the bars, no one will notice!
- Bake the bars until the top crust is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.
- Let the fig bars cool completely in the pan, set on a wire rack, about 2 hours. Remove the bars from the pan using the foil, cut into squares, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 206 calories, Carbohydrate 29 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 41 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 9 grams fat, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 113 grams sodium, Sugar 10 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams unsaturated fat
FIG NEWTONS (HOMEMADE)
Make and share this Fig Newtons (Homemade) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Spyder-man
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 1 dozen, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dice figs, soak in water 1 hour.
- Add sugar & cook on medium heat until of thin jam consistency.
- Beat sugar, butter, egg, milk & vanilla until well blended.
- Add dry ingredients.
- Mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Place 1/2 on well floured dough cloth; knead about 6 times.
- Roll out to 1/4" thick. Line 13 x 9" glass baking dish; cover with figs.
- Roll remaining dough, cover figs. Cook at 350° for 30 minutes.
- Let cool and cut into squares. Depending on the size you cut you can get a couple dozen cookies.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 315.2, Fat 8.8, SaturatedFat 5.3, Cholesterol 37.2, Sodium 204, Carbohydrate 58.1, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 41.4, Protein 3.1
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