Basically, "Fig Newtons" are a "jelly roll" with the "cookie" being made first,
then a fig puree spread over half of the cookie,
then the other half of the cookie folded over it
(for the record, Nabisco doesn't refer to it as a cookie!).
To find out the history of the Fig Newton:
http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/Fig_Newton.htm
If you want to make your own, here's a recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/134577
Make some dough, add some sugar and mashed oats to it, MASH up some figs.put flat dough in the oven until it is 2/3 done. Take out dough and put some fig mash in the middle. Wrap the dough around the figs.Cook the other 1/3 until it is done.
A fig newton is made from a fig newton pasrty filled with fig paste.
A Fig Newton is a pastry bar filled with fig jam. The name is a brand of Nabisco.
A Fig Newton is a pastry type cookie filled with fig paste made by Nabisco.
Irving Fig Newton's birth name is Irving Caleb Newton.
City in Massachusetts!
No. The fig newton was invented in the early 20th century and was named for the town of Newton, Massachusetts.
No, the "Newton" part is taken from the town of Newton, Massachusetts. They were originally to be named "fig in a roll".
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Irving Fig Newton was born on August 1, 1897, in Oklahoma, USA.
City in Massachusetts!
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