Easy Fig Newtons
Easy Fig Newtons recipe
Yield
24 servingsPrep
30 minCook
15 minReady
50 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 |
eggs
well beaten |
*
|
|
| 3 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | cup |
figs
finely chopped |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
well beaten |
*
|
| 15 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 118 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 237 | ml |
figs
finely chopped |
*
|
Directions
Cream shortening and 1 cup sugar.
Add egg and beat until light and fluffy. Mix milk and vanilla.
Sift salt, flour and baking powder together.
Add alternately with milk to creamed mixture.
Blend all well. Roll out to ⅛ inch thickness on lightly floured board (Rectangle shape)
Put figs in saucepan with remaining sugar and 1 cup boiling water.
Boil 5 minutes. Cool.
Spread cooked mixture over half the dough.
Cover with the other half of the dough. Cut into oblong bars.
Bake in 400 oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
