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Fig Cookies




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 2 cups fig preserves
  
• 3/4 cups shortening
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 cup white sugar
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  
• 2 tsps baking powder
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
   
2. Cream together shortening, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Sift flour, soda, and baking powder. Add to egg mixture.
   
3. Grease a small cookie sheet with shortening. Pour half of the dough in the pan and spread.
   
4. Pour fig preserves over the dough and gently spread. Drop rest of dough over figs. Place in oven. When mixture starts to melt and gets soft, spread the top. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool and then cut into 24 bars.
   






Final Comments


Yields: 2 dozen bars