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Sass Muffin
03-19-2009, 09:12 PM
Ok, here it is.

YEARS ago, I made a recipe out of a book I'd borrowed from the library.

It was a date (or fig) sandwich cookie.

The cookie part contained whole wheat flour, butter-- the usual ingredients for a cookie base, not quite shortbread, but you get the idea.

The inside filling was either made of dates or cooked figs.
It was supposed to be like a F Newton, but not quite.
These tasted absolutely superb and rich.

Wish I had the recipe. :(

Anyone??
TexasGirl
03-19-2009, 09:19 PM
Sorry, Sass, no clue. Someone will though, probably mama or PS.
homecook
03-19-2009, 10:12 PM
Oh I'd be interested in this also. Dh loves Fig Newtons.

Barb
PieSusan
03-19-2009, 10:23 PM
In Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies pages 206-208, she has a recipe for "Big Newtons" that makes 30 large cookies. The pastry contains white and whole wheat flour. I assume this is the cookie that you are seeking. I will try to rewrite it for you soon!
Sass Muffin
03-19-2009, 10:25 PM
In Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies pages 206-208, she has a recipe for "Big Newtons" that makes 30 large cookies. The pastry contains white and whole wheat flour. I assume this is the cookie that you are seeking. I will try to rewrite it for you soon!
Thanks Susan.
PieSusan
03-19-2009, 10:28 PM
Do you have the book by any chance?
Sass Muffin
03-19-2009, 10:30 PM
No, I don't.
PieSusan
03-19-2009, 10:44 PM
Sorry, it won't be tonight. I am too pooped to pop and just accidentally erased everything I had typed.
Mr. Green Jeans
03-19-2009, 11:16 PM
Susan, lemme get back to you on this. I need to go through the library at the homestead up in WA.
Maverick2272
03-19-2009, 11:43 PM
You can't remember the name of the book you checked out? And did Google turn up anything that refreshed your memory?
Sass Muffin
03-20-2009, 12:06 AM
You can't remember the name of the book you checked out? And did Google turn up anything that refreshed your memory?

Mav, this was like 15 years ago!
No, I've done searches. Nothing.
Mama
03-20-2009, 12:10 AM
I think Susan's right. I don't have the book but I did find a picture of the recipe here: Big Newtons (http://mylittlekitchen.blogspot.com/2007/03/mondays-with-maida-big-newtons.html)
Sass Muffin
03-20-2009, 12:16 AM
I think Susan's right. I don't have the book but I did find a picture of the recipe here: Big Newtons (http://mylittlekitchen.blogspot.com/2007/03/mondays-with-maida-big-newtons.html)

That's not it.
They were sandwich cookies, cut in rounds with the filling in the middle.
They didn't taste like a Newton at all really, not the same texture or anything.
They were of a heavier texture, almost like a biscuit.
Sass Muffin
03-20-2009, 12:35 AM
Possibly, maybe close.. not sure.. I'll have to try one of these.

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/jumbo_oatmeal_date_sandwich_cookies.php

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Date-Filled-Sandwich-Cookies/Detail.aspx

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/OATMEAL-DATE-SANDWICH-COOKIES-1213434

The last one sounds the closest, but I used whole wheat flour in the recipe that I recall.
PieSusan
03-20-2009, 08:57 AM
Big Newtons are a thicker, juicier version of the fig newtons that one buys in a store. It is not a sandwich cookie, although it is made with both white and whole wheat flours. I am sorry that wasn't what you were looking for but later on today, I shall try to post it anyway. They are really good!
Calicolady
03-20-2009, 10:37 AM
In looking around for a possible recipe for you, I found these.
They may not be what you're looking for, but they look good.
They look so good, I'm going to make them.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2911746743_2d542dbb56.jpg?v=0
www.asmartmouth.com/2008/10/04/almond-and-fig-filled-whole-wheat-scones (http://www.asmartmouth.com/2008/10/04/almond-and-fig-filled-whole-wheat-scones)
PieSusan
03-24-2009, 06:33 PM
I have posted the Big Newton recipe in the cookie subcategory.