Italian Fig Cookies I

Name: Italian Fig Cookies I
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 small apple; 7 teaspoons baking powder; 2 kilograms dried figs; 6 eggs; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 whole orange, with peel; 355 milliliters chopped pecans; 454 grams raisins; 1 pinch salt; 473 milliliters shortening; 2 Tbsps vanilla extract; 118 milliliters white sugar; 473 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Italian Fig Cookies I a try. This recipe serves 48. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 323 calories, 5g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It works well as an inexpensive dessert. A mixture of eggs, pecans, figs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

To Make Dough: Cream sugar and shortening.

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Shortening

Cream

Dough

Sugar

Add eggs, vanilla, and salt. Blend in flour and baking powder by hand. Knead dough until smooth and workable.

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

Add milk to reach workable consistency. (This takes a while and you will get a workout, but you'll know when it's right.)

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Milk

Cut up figs, orange, and apple into small pieces. (It is easier to grind this way). Grind figs, raisins, orange, and apple. If the mixture is too dry or thick, mix in up to 1 cup of water, if desired. (I do not use the water, the juice from the apple and orange are enough). The spices and chopped nuts are added to the ground fig mixture. After the fig mixture is ground, I sprinkle them in over the mixture and mix (knead) it in by hand. STICKY! But good.

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Raisins

Orange

Spices

Apple

Juice

Water

Figs

Nuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Oven

Roll out some dough. (should be kind of thin). Put fig mixture in a line. Wrap dough over mixture, sealing figs inside dough. Trim to desired length, using a diagonal cut. Make small diagonal slits in the sides of the cookies.

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