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Fig Cookies
Filled with fruit, chocolate, and nuts, these festive cookies — dusted with colorful sugar for the holidays — make a tasty gift.
👥 40 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h⏳ Prep: 1h👤 Country Living📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●food processor
- ●oven
- ●baking sheet
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Place figs and orange zest in a food processor and chop, about ⏱️ 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Add almonds, marmalade, chocolate chips, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, cocoa powder, cloves, and cinnamon to mixture; combine. Add warm water, 1 teaspoon at a time (up to 2 teaspoons), until mixture reaches consistency of a thick paste.
2
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, combine flour, remaining granulated sugar, and baking powder on low speed. With mixer still on low, add shortening, 1 tablespoon at a time (up to 1 cup), and mix until resembling coarse crumbs. Then add water, 1 teaspoon at a time (up to 1 cup), until dough begins to ball around paddle. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes. Place in a bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and refrigerate until chilled, about ⏱️ 30 minutes.
3
Preheat oven to 350°F. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Using damp hands, shape each piece into a 10-inch-long log, 1 inch thick. Cut each log into 10 coins. (Keep any dough you're not using covered with a damp cloth.) Using a rolling pin, roll out each coin to a 3-inch round, about 1/8-inch thickness.
4
Place 1 heaping teaspoon fig filling in center of each round of dough. Using your fingers, bring 2 sides of the round up and pinch them over the filling, sealing edges of dough. Turn cookie over so seam is on bottom; then shape cookie into an almond shape. Repeat with remaining dough.
5
Transfer cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. With a sharp paring knife, score several vents on top of each cookie (as shown in photo). Sprinkle cookies with decorating sugar.
6
Bake cookies until lightly golden, 16 to ⏱️ 20 minutes, rotating baking sheets halfway through. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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