Fig-Filled Cookies

40 minutes Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 10 minutes

976 calories per serving view nutrition facts

5 dozen suggest servings

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Ingredients

1/2	cup	vegetable shortening
1/2	cup	butter
1/2	cup	sugar
1/2	cup	honey
2	large	eggs	beaten
4 1/2	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	baking powder
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	x	fruit jam	or fig filling

Directions

Cream together shortening, butter and sugar well.

Beat in honey and eggs into shortening mixture.

Mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to egg mixture gradually, beating well after each addition.

Place dough in refrigerator until well chilled.

Roll out into 2 long strips, spread 1 strip with Fig Filling or jam and cover with the other dough strip.

Pinch together.

Bake at 400F for 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately browned around the edges.

When cool, cut into oblong cookies.

Or shape the unbaked dough into 2 rolls, each about 2 inches in diameter.

Wrap in waxed paper and chill in refrigerator for several hours.

To Bake, slice thin and put together in pairs, sandwich fashion, with a dot of commercial or home-made Fig Filling or jam between them.

Press edges together lightly.

Prick top with fork. Bake as described.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 263g

Amount per Serving

Calories 976 25% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.0g	41%
Saturated Fat 16.0g	78%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 167mg	56%
Sodium 498mg	21%
Total Carbohydrate 168.0g	56%
Dietary Fiber 4.0g	16%
Sugars 60.0g
Protein 18.0g	36%

Vitamin A	17%		Vitamin C	0%
Calcium	7%		Iron	40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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