Mildred’s Fig Cookies
2011-02-03- Course: Cakes & Candy, Desserts, Jams & Jellies
- Yield : 24
- Servings : 24
- Prep Time : 30m
- Cook Time : 20m
- Ready In : 50m
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Cajuns love their figs, fig preserves, fig cakes, and fig cookies! This is one of our favorite fig cookie recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 stick softened butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup fig preserves
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp each nutmeg and cinnamon or more to taste
Directions
Step 1
Cream the sugar, eggs, and butter. Combine with the fig preserves. Combine the flour and baking powder and the optional cinnamon and nutmeg.
Step 2
Gradually add to the flour mixture to the creamed ingredients.
Step 3
Spoon drop cookies on cookie sheet.
Step 4
Bake at 350 degrees until cookie is slightly brown (approximately 20 minutes - check at 15 minutes).
Step 5
1 cup finely chopped pecans may be added to the recipe.
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