I am going to tell you about two things that are trending in the Schultz home. Number one: Fig Newtons. Number two: The Lone Ranger movie. First, the easy one: fig newtz. David and I have been really digging them and spending an inappropriate amount of money buying 2-3 packages of them each week. Thus, when I asked what David wanted for this week’s work snack, he suggested some homemade newtz. A star was born. Now for The Lone Ranger.
I got really into the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise a couple months ago. I know, it’s weird and dorky and those aren’t really hip movies to be super into. But I am. Even though 2 and 3 painfully bad, I just. Can’t stop. Normally, I try to act like I have more sophisticated movie tastes, but who am I kidding sometimes? And so I was really hopeful and eager for The Lone Ranger since it’s by Disney and has lots of the same people working on it (I think).
David planned a cool date night for us to go out and see it. I made the regretful mistake I probably won’t make again where I looked up what the movie was rated on Rotten Tomatoes. Drumroll: 24%. What? David and I agreed we’ve never seen a rating that low! We went and saw it nonetheless. It wasn’t that bad. But, it’s really comparable to the Pirates 2 and 3 – there’s way too much going on in the story. They kind of tried to do too much.
I did like that the Lone Ranger is a person who fights for justice, but is thought of as an outlaw.
I rarely (never?) do movie reviews on here. Just had to talk about The Lone Ranger since it was a pretty anticipated event in our home. Now to something that will not disappoint – the figgy newtons. (Figs are available like, one week a year, so get on these if you want to make ’em!)
HOMEMADE FIG NEWTONS
Makes 16 newtons
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons applesauce
15 figs
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Mix flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine, eggs, coconut oil, 1/3 cup maple syrup, vanilla, milk, and applesauce. Incorporate wet ingredients into dry, until a dough forms. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, pulse figs and 1 tablespoon maple syrup in a food processor.
The fig filling should be about the consistency of peanut butter.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough onto parchment paper in a 1/4 inch rectangle. Spread filling over half of dough and fold in half. Seal edges. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Slice with a pizza cutter into squares.
- 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
- 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.
- Incorporate wet ingredients into dry, until a dough forms. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pulse figs and 1 tablespoon maple syrup in a food processor.
- The fig filling should be about the consistency of peanut butter.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough onto parchment paper in a ¼ inch rectangle.
- Spread filling over half of dough and fold in half. Seal edges.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Slice with a pizza cutter into squares.
Adapted from My Whole Food Life.