Featuring fig jam, dried figs, and fresh figs (for those glorious few weeks when they’re in season), our best fig recipes earn rave reviews. Bake up a batch of fig bars or a fig cake recipe, simmer ...

Simmer the figs, apple juice and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the figs are very soft and the juice is syrupy, 25 to 30 minutes. Let the mixture cool ...

In a medium saucepan, soak figs in water for1 hour. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, egg, milk & vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, combine baking powder and flour. Add to butter ...

Soft, chewy, and sweet, Fig Newtons -- as most of us still call them despite being rebranded to "Newtons" more than a decade ago -- have been the quintessential packaged snack food for over a century.

Remember the days when Fig Newtons and a glass of milk (whole, because that was the only kind of milk back then) were always waiting when you got home from school? Figs have come a long way since ...

You’ll love these Homemade Fig Bars for a sweet treat! They’re made with a buttery crust, a homemade spiced fig filling, and ...

For all their complex flavor, Fig Newtons are a deeply stigmatized cookie-cake hybrid. It's the supermarket staple for "unhip" baby boomers, and one of the most under-appreciated snacks in the vending ...

Celebrate the popular fig-filled cookie with National Fig Newton Day on Jan. 16. Since their beginning in 1891, this popular cookie has undergone changes in names and marketing campaigns through the ...

While dried figs are available year-round (as in Newtons), fresh figs are a seasonal treat. Ranging in color from dark purple to bright green, the fruit peaks in late summer, when Patricia Wells picks ...

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 ...