ltcartwright
10-12-2008, 10:35 PM
My Dad's all time favorite cookies are Fig Newtons. Personally, I didn't like them when SAD. On my last vacation with my husband and almost 2year old, I bought 2 packs of dried figs (they came in a circular, plastic wrapped disc).
I opened it to make a cooked meal for my husband and decided to use up the rest to make a dessert. So here's what I did:
Fig "New-ums''
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Homemade Trail Mix: handfuls (didn't measure) cashews, almonds, walnuts, macademia, Brazil (used 4 - didn't need handful of these)
dried cranberries
raisins
I soaked all of the above (will try this unsoaked next time)
14 dates and 10 dried figs (soaked for a few hours)
reserve water from dates and figs
vanilla, cap full
sea salt, dash
Directions: Drain trail mix, discard water. Drain dates and figs, reserve liquid is added to processor in tablespoons until mixture is smooth. Put ALL ingredients in processor and process (next time I'll leave some nuts and dried fruit whole for texture and mouth feel).
Spoon dollops (about whole, unshelled walnut size) on Teflex Sheet and dehydrate until firm but soft (mine is still in dehydrator since 2pm today @ 105deg). They taste reminiscent of Fig Newtons but doesn't gross me out as much! The SAD cookies are grainy and taste fake. My RAW version doesn't taste fake even though I can feel the seeds of the figs. My 2yr old tasted the "batter" before I scooped them onto the sheet. She didn't spit it out like she does anything else I give her, so that's a good sign that she'll eat these. YAY!
I opened it to make a cooked meal for my husband and decided to use up the rest to make a dessert. So here's what I did:
Fig "New-ums''
********************************
Homemade Trail Mix: handfuls (didn't measure) cashews, almonds, walnuts, macademia, Brazil (used 4 - didn't need handful of these)
dried cranberries
raisins
I soaked all of the above (will try this unsoaked next time)
14 dates and 10 dried figs (soaked for a few hours)
reserve water from dates and figs
vanilla, cap full
sea salt, dash
Directions: Drain trail mix, discard water. Drain dates and figs, reserve liquid is added to processor in tablespoons until mixture is smooth. Put ALL ingredients in processor and process (next time I'll leave some nuts and dried fruit whole for texture and mouth feel).
Spoon dollops (about whole, unshelled walnut size) on Teflex Sheet and dehydrate until firm but soft (mine is still in dehydrator since 2pm today @ 105deg). They taste reminiscent of Fig Newtons but doesn't gross me out as much! The SAD cookies are grainy and taste fake. My RAW version doesn't taste fake even though I can feel the seeds of the figs. My 2yr old tasted the "batter" before I scooped them onto the sheet. She didn't spit it out like she does anything else I give her, so that's a good sign that she'll eat these. YAY!