Ingredients for - Fig Cookies

1. Fig preserves 2 cups
2. Shortening ¾ cup
3. Eggs 2
4. White sugar 1 cup
5. All-purpose flour 2 cups
6. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
7. Baking soda ½ teaspoon
8. Baking powder 2 teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Fig Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Cream together shortening, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Sift flour, soda, and baking powder. Add to egg mixture.

3 . Stage

Grease a small cookie sheet with shortening. Pour 1/2 of the dough into pan and spread.

4 . Stage

Pour fig preserves over the dough and gently spread. Drop rest of dough over figs. Place in oven. When mixture starts to melt and gets soft, spread the top. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool and then cut into 24 bars.