How To make Fig Square
1 pk (or 1 tablespoon) Active
-Dried Yeast 1/4 c Warm Water (110 to 115
-degrees) 1/4 c Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Vegetable Oil
1/2 c Milk, at room temperature
1 Egg
1 ts Orange Rind, grated
1 c Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 c Unbleached White Flour
1 1/2 c Dried Figs, snipped
1 c Water
1/2 ts Ground Allspice
Confectioners' Sugar -(optional) Soften the yeast in the warm water. Combine the sugar, salt, oil, milk, egg and orange rind in a large bowl. Beat well. Add the yeast mixture and the 1 cup of whole wheat flour. Beat. Add the remaining flour. Extra flour may be needed if the dough is sticky. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover with a damp towel and let rise for 1 hour. Meanwhile, prepare the fig filling by combining the figs, water and allspice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until the mixture is thick. Mash the figs with a potato masher or large spoon during cooking. Cool. Punch down the dough. Roll into a 1/2-inch thick rectangle 8 inches wide. Spread with the fig filling. Roll up like a jelly roll. Fit into a lightly oiled 8-inch-square pan. Seal the edges together. At each
corner cut with a scissors to fit into the shape of the pan. Make two slashes on top of each side. Let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool.
May be sprinkled lightly with confectioners' sugar just before serving. Serves 16 One Serving = Calories: 136 Carbohydrates: 26 Protein: 3 Fat: 3 Sodium: 72 Potassium: 164 Cholesterol: 17
Exchange Value: 1 Bread Exchange + 1 Fruit Exchange + 1/2 Fat Exchange
Source: Holiday Cookbook, American Diabetes Association, ISBN 0-13-024894-0, by Betty Wedman, M.S.,R.D.
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Making Fig Cookies - DELICIOUS!!!!
This was such a fun and easy recipe to make. I have a fig tree that has tons of really large and delicious brown Turkish figs. This was a new recipe I tried as I love Fig Cookies. This recipe is a 2 - step process. You make the filling and the cookie crust and put them together. They are so good. Here is the recipe if you would like to try it!
Fig Cookies
Filling:
1 lb fresh figs
2 TBSP lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
Cook the filling over med high heat stirring constantly until it thickens up. Then use a blender or emersion blender to blend it up. put aside until you make your crust.
Crust:
8 TBSP Butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 c flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Mix all that up in a mixer until combined and then form in ball and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Then take out of refrig and roll it out and spread fig topping in center. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. Enjoy!
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Home made Fresh Fig Newtons|Easy Recipe
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Homemade Fresh Fig Newtons
Ingredients:
For the fresh figs preserves
500 g fresh figs, cut into quaters or chunks
250 g sugar
1 Lemon juice and zest
1 tsp vanilla extract
Add all the ingredients into a pot and cook to a medium heat, cook until preserves have reduced in half for at least 1hr, stirring constantly to avoid the jam to burn the bottom, let cool completely and tranfer to a piping bag, set aside.
For the Cake-y Cookie dough
300 g all purpose flour
140 g butter
70 g sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp milk
3 large eggyolks
Whisk together the flour, salt,cinnamon,and baking powder, set aside.
Place butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, beat until fluffy,, add honey, milk and vanilla until well combined.
Add the yolk one at a time , alternate with flour mixture, do not over mix as the the cookie would lose the cakey-ness.
Bring the dough together and flatten into a disc.wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour., this makes the dough makes easier to work with.
Assembling the cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the dough into 3 equal parts.take the 1/3 dough and lightly knead the dough so it is a nit softer and pliable.
Place a sheet of wax paperl and rollnout the soft dough into square.
Trim off the edge, pipe a finger thick strips.
With the help of your wax paper fold dough over the preserves.
Tranfer the logs onto a cookie sheets and flatten it out with your fingers.
Bake for approximately 18 minutes or lightly golden.
Cut the freshly baked bars in 5cm
Note:
when fresh out of the oven, the cookies are still crispy, you shoul allow the cookies to relax overnight.
The figs preserves will soften the crispy cookies and they will have the soft cake like texture we all love.
Happy Baking !!!
Recipe: Chef Kevin Belton's Homemade Fig Newtons
Tomorrow is National Fig Newton Day! We're celebrating one of my favorite cookies by making them at home.
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HOW DO THEY PUT THE FIG IN THE FIG ROLL!? We had a go at making some homemade fig rolls, this is a recipe from our very first book. We used to love eating fig rolls growing up, in Ireland the store bought ones are actually vegan! Accidentally. But our ones are much healthier containing only 5 ingredients! Give them try and let us know what you think.
All the best,
Dave & Steve.
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Prepping figs for jam and bread fillings!
Cut figs in half and simmer with butter, a few spoons of turbinado sugar, your favorite spices and rum!
Once cooked (15 min) puree with hand blender, allow to cool and use or jar it and store in the fridge, enjoy!
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