Raspberry Fig Newtons
They may not look real pretty, but they sure do taste yummy!
1 cup butter flavored Crisco + 2 tbsp water
1½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp cardamom
2¾ cups all purpose flour
2½ cups fig preserves
1 3 oz. pkg. raspberry flavored Jell-O
In a large mixing bowl beat sugar and Crisco together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla, salt and cardamom and mix until combined. Beat in flour a little at a time until well combined.
Preheat oven to 375°.
In small bowl combine jell-o and preserves together and mix until jell-o is dissolved.
In batches spread cookie dough along the long edges of a cookie sheet making two rows on either side about 2½ -3 inches wide (cookie sheet will allow you to do two rows at a time). Spread preserves along the edges of the dough one inch wide. Bake 375° for nine minutes; remove from oven and gently fold over the dough side without the preserves on it. Gently press down with spatula and bake an additional 5 minutes, remove and cut into bars. Cool completely on wire racks.
© Crackerberries 2012
