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Recipe

 

Yield

72 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

25 min

Ready

4 hrs
Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Very low in sodium, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 cup vegetable shortening
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½ cup sugar
granulated
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¾ cup light corn syrup
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¼ teaspoon maple flavoring
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2 large eggs
beaten
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4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
sifted
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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½ teaspoon salt
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Fig filling
1 ½ cups figs
dried
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1 cup water
cold
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½ cup light corn syrup
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1 teaspoon lemon zest
grated
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6 tablespoons sugar
granulated
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Few grains salt
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1 tablespoon lemon juice
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½ cup nuts
chopped
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
237 ml vegetable shortening
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118 ml sugar
granulated
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177 ml light corn syrup
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1.3 ml maple flavoring
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2 large eggs
beaten
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1.1 l all-purpose flour
sifted
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5 ml baking powder
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2.5 ml salt
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Fig filling
355 ml figs
dried
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237 ml water
cold
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118 ml light corn syrup
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5 ml lemon zest
grated
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9E+1 ml sugar
granulated
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salt
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15 ml lemon juice
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118 ml nuts
chopped
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Directions

Cream the shortening and sugar; beat in the corn syrup, maple flavoring and eggs.

Sift together the flour and salt; stir into the shortening mixture.

Shape the dough into two rolls about 2½-inches in diameter.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for several hours.

For the filling, cover the figs with boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes; drain, clip off the stems and cut fairly fine with scissors.

Add the cold water and cook for about 10 minutes until tender.

Add the corn syrup and lemon rind; cook for a few minutes longer.

Mix the sugar, flour and salt; add all at once and cook, stirring, until thickened and clear.

Remove from heat; add the lemon juice and nuts.

Cool.

Preheat oven to 400℉ (200℃).

Cut the rolls of dough into thin slices.

For star cookies, put a small spoonful of fig filling in the center of a cookie slice; then with your fingers, fold up the edges and pinch in place to make a reasonable facsimile of a star.

For filled cookies, put slices together in pairs with a dot of fig filling between them; press the edges together and prick the top with a fork or mark with a knife.

Bake either cookie for 8 to 10 minutes, or until delicately browned around the edges.

Cool on racks.

Note: To freshen the cookies, reheat them in the oven for a few minutes and serve warm.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 22g (0.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 6210% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g 1%
Saturated Fat 0g 1%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 6mg 2%
Sodium 22mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 4g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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