Based on this recipe: https://smittenkitchen.com/2018/04/fig-newtons/

Cookie ingredients

  • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small chunks
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, gently packed
  • 5/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons (30 grams) honey or golden syrup
  • 1 tablespoon orange or apple juice
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Filling ingredients

  • 12 ounces plump, sticky dried mission figs, stems trimmed
  • 1/3 cup applesauce
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
  1. Cookie dough: Wet Ingredients first: mix butter, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and honey until fluffy, (5 minutes). Add orange juice, egg and yolks. Then add flour. Form into a flat disc then put in the fridge for 1 hour.
  2. Fig mix: using a 14oz package of figs, eat 2 pieces because they are delicious, then cube up the rest. Be sure to cut off hard tips. Put in a food processor. Add applesauce, orange juice, and zest and blend until pureed. Put the mixture into a piping bag.
  3. Heat oven to 350°F 
  4. Roll out dough onto parchment paper, about 15 inches, and cut into four 3-inch strips
  5. Pipe the mix onto the dough
  6. Roll the dough on top of the mix, use the parchment paper to fold over the top
  7. Cook on the parchment paper, bake for 15 minutes, take out before much browning shows up
Fig Newtons
Fig Newtons