Fresh Fig Oatmeal Cookies

One of my wife’s coworkers brought her a big basket of ripe figs. When I saw them, I went right to work looking for a fig cookie recipe. Most are for filled cookies, like Fig Newtons. They usually call for dried figs. I had to look for a while to find one that called for fresh figs and looked like something I would like. These have cloves in them, which I found in many of the fig cookie recipes. The fig and clove combine for a very interesting flavor. They are soft and cake-like.

 Source:

http://rocksrecipies.blogspot.com/2011/10/fresh-fig-oatmeal-cookies.html

 Yield:

24

Ingredients:

12 fresh figs (a little over a cup for the figs I had)

½ cup white sugar

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

½ cup vegetable shortening

1 large egg

1½ cups flour

½ cup oatmeal

¼ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

 Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine flour, oatmeal, salt, cloves, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.

Wash figs, cut off stems, cut into quarters.

Placing figs in a mixing bowl, along with the sugar. Shake to coat well.

Mix in egg, butter and shortening.

Stir dry ingredients into the butter mixture.

Drop dough in 2 tablespoon balls onto a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until the edges turn brown. Remove to cool.