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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. | 2. In a large bowl, beat together shortening, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until creamy. | 3. Add all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, orange peel and salt, beating until blended. | 4. Refrigerate dough 1 to 2 hours. | 5. Prepare fig filling and set aside, see below. | 6. On a floured surface, roll dough into 14 inch square. | 7. Cut dough into 4 equal strips, each 14 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. | 8. Spoon 1/4 of fig filling in a 1 1/2 inch wide mound down center of each strip. | 9. Using a long spatula, lift sides of each dough strip over filling, overlapping slightly on top. | 10. Press edges together to seal. | 11. Cut strips crosswise in half for ease of handling. | 12. Place, seam side down, 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets. | 13. Brush off any excess flour. | 14. Cut each strip into 7 (1 inch) crosswise pieces, but do not separate. | 15. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until puffed and firm to the touch. | 16. Cool 5 to 10 minutes on baking sheets; then cut apart and remove to racks to cool completely. | 17. Fig Filling. | 18. In a medium saucepan, combine figs, water, lemon or orange juice and granulated sugar. | 19. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. | 20. Reduce heat and simmer 5 to 10 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally; cool. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable shortening	1/3	cup		615.0	0.0	0.0	68.3333
brown sugar	1	cup		836.0	215.798	0.264	0.0
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
purpose flour	1 1/4	1/4		-	-	-	-
wheat flour	1 1/4	cups		510.0	107.955	19.815	3.75
baking soda	1/4	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
orange zest	1	teaspoon		1.94	0.5	0.03	0.004
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
fig	1	package	dried	-	-	-	-
water	2/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	3	tablespoons		10.065	3.1568	0.1601	0.1098
sugar	3	tablespoons	granulated	59.9625	11.2515	1.8769	0.9359999999999999

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.