1. Soak dried figs for about 10 minutes in warm water, then cut the stems off. Grind together figs, dates and pecans. When grinding, put a few figs, a few dates, and some pecans, alternating until all ...

This week, the newsroom staff at The Sentinel, took part in a blind taste test of fig cookies. They compared Nabisco's Fig Newtons with Benton's (Aldi's) Fig Bars. Besides the taste, the cookies ...

To make the dough, first mix together the flour and the baking soda in a large bowl.Then, in an electric mixer, whip the Crisco, eggs, sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth and fully blended.Now, a ...

Step inside Avo restaurant on Magazine Street on March 18 and you'll find a St. Joseph's Day altar laden with traditional Sicilian treats. Among them will be fig cookies prepared the way chef Nick ...

Cantucci, a form of biscotti, is a crunchy almond cookie that is almost impossible to stop eating. For the full experience, ...

I don't care what anybody says, this recipe makes one fantastic cookie, whether you're Sicilian or not! They're super crispy on the outside, moist and figgy on the inside, and bursting with pure ...

Makes 244 cookies. Recipe is from Clarence Thibodeaux, of Morganza, and provided by his niece Joni Russo. “The recipe is an adaptation from the Cicero family recipe given to my uncle many years ago.” ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugars in mixer with paddle. Next add the eggs and mix well. Combine the dry ingredients. Combine the vanilla and milk, alternately add the dry ...

This cookie is a hybrid of two favorite treats — fig bars and jam-filled thumbprint cookies. We started with a basic thumbprint cookie dough, but enriched it with browned butter. And instead of ...

More than a few classic cookies are no longer available. Here are several once-popular cookies that you no longer see.