HOMEMADE FIG NEWTONS
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Serves: 16 newtons
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup coconut oil
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons applesauce
  • 15 figs
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Mix flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine, eggs, coconut oil, ⅓ cup maple syrup, vanilla, milk, and applesauce.
  2. Incorporate wet ingredients into dry, until a dough forms. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, pulse figs and 1 tablespoon maple syrup in a food processor.
  4. The fig filling should be about the consistency of peanut butter.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough onto parchment paper in a ¼ inch rectangle.
  6. Spread filling over half of dough and fold in half. Seal edges.
  7. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Slice with a pizza cutter into squares.
Recipe by Rachel Schultz at https://rachelschultz.com/2013/07/15/homemade-fig-newtons/