FIG COOKIES

Fig Cookies image

Similar to Fig Newtons.

Provided by Suzanne Stull

Categories Desserts Cookies Bar Cookie Recipes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 cups fig preserves
¾ cup shortening
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Cream together shortening, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Sift flour, soda, and baking powder. Add to egg mixture.
Grease a small cookie sheet with shortening. Pour 1/2 of the dough into pan and spread.
Pour fig preserves over the dough and gently spread. Drop rest of dough over figs. Place in oven. When mixture starts to melt and gets soft, spread the top. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool and then cut into 24 bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.4 calories, Carbohydrate 33 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fat 13.8 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 145.9 mg, Sugar 16.9 g