We have a little fig tree and I try to eat as many as possible, just raw. Love 'em! But this year I wanted to find some recipes to use them in as well.
My Sicilian Nana used to make a traditional cookie called a Cuccidade, with sweet dough and a fig filling. They are SO good but a LOT of work, and they call for dried figs, not fresh. I will blog about those another time!
I found this thumbprint cookie on Allrecipes.com, one of my favorite recipe sites. I made a few changes and added the icing which I think really elevates the cookie.
These are not overly sweet cookies, they are more in the tradition of Italian cookies, made to dip or drink with your coffee. I love them and they received good reviews from my taste-testers!
INGREDIENTS:
Fig Filling:
1 cup chopped fresh figs (4 or 5 large figs)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Cookie:
2-2/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
Enough milk to make drizzle consistency
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Filling: Put figs, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Mixture should be slightly thinner than jam. Add more honey if necessary.
Cookie Dough: In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter until fluffy. Beat eggs in one at a time, until combined. Stir in vanilla. Fold in the flour mixture until well blended.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on a non-stick cooking sheet. Make thumbprints into the balls with your finger or with a measuring teaspoon (dip in flour so it won't stick). Spoon ~1 tsp filling into each thumbprint.
Bake in preheated oven about 10-11 minutes. Don't let them get brown, they will be too crispy! They are meant to be soft cookies. Cool a few minutes and remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle with the icing.
Enjoy!
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Come in and make yourself at home. I'm so happy to be able to share my recipes here with you.
I bake mostly cookies, quick breads, muffins and scones -- sometimes pie, sometimes cake, but nothing too fancy. I prefer simple recipes that call for ingredients that I already have in my kitchen.
These are the recipes I will share with you. They come from family and friends, magazine clippings saved through the years, favorite cookbooks, and other blogs.
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Michael Ann
YUMMMMMMMMMM. I love. And superb photo, too!!!
ReplyDeleteWell thank you so much, my friend!!! I hope you have tried and enjoyed these delicious cookies!
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