Italian Fig Cookies

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener.

Break apart dried figs with a knife into halves or quarters.

Add figs to a pot with brandy, water, orange zest, honey, and vanilla.

Simmer the mixture for 20 minutes until figs are soft.

In a mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, egg, butter, shortening, regular sugar, and brown sugar.

Cream the mixture until well combined.

Add the zest of half an orange and half a lemon to the mixture.

Gradually add milk until the dough is supple, about 1/4 cup.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

After cooling, roll out half the dough on a floured surface into a rectangle about 8 inches by 14 inches.

Cooking Techniques

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