For the month of January, Sharanya the host of Home bakers challenge for this month, gave us 6 bakes to choose from.The theme was "American Food Holidays" for the month of January.
She suggested 6 interesting baked goodies.I chose Fig Newtons.Thanks to Sharanya for suggesting this yummy recipe I and my
family loved it.
“Fig Newtons” but made with fresh (instead of dried) figs.
These are very tasty. Fig Newtons features a flavorful homemade fig preserve
inside a buttery, orange-scented cookie. They’re kind of outrageous. The dough
for these cookies is very good. When they first come out of the oven, they’re a
bit crispy, but the next day amazingly they were still as moist and
irresistible as the first day I had baked them.
About 1 cup FreshFig Jam,
Ingredients :
All-purpose flour-11/2 cup
Unsalted butter -1/2 cup/ 1 stick
Granulated sugar -1/2 cup
Vanilla extract-1tsp
Baking powder-1tsp
Orange juice-2tbsp
Orange zest-1 tsp
Salt- ¼ tsp
Method:
1.Combine flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar in a mixing
bowl.
2.Add vanilla, orange juice , orange zest and combined dry
ingredients to bowl and mix until dough forms.
3.When you’re finished, you should have a soft dough similar
to a sugar cookie dough. Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate it
until it’s firm enough to roll, for about two hours.
4.Take your chilled dough from the refrigerator and dust a
work surface and rolling pin with flour. The dough will get sticky as it warms
up, so it’s best to do this quickly and avoid adding any more flour than
necessary.
5.Roll dough between two pieces of parchment paper into two 12
x 4 inch rectangles.
6.Spread the fig mixture on one half of each rectangle -
spreading up the 12-inch side and leaving a 1/4-1/2 inch border.
7.Fold the dough over on top of itself and gently press the
dough together at the edges. Cut each log in half and transfer onto a greased
baking sheet.
8.Bake the cookies in the 200 degree oven for 12-15 minutes,
until they’re puffed and golden brown around the edges.
9.Slice cookie- into several 1" long sized segments
and cool.Enjoy!
