Recipe: Fig Cookies (1941)

FIG COOKIES

2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 cup chopped figs

Sift flour, cinnamon and soda together.

Cream butter with sugar until fluffy; add eggs, cream and figs. Add sifted dry ingredients with more flour if necessary. Chill thoroughly.

Roll out on lightly floured board to 1/8 inch thickness, cut with cookie cutter.

Bake on buttered baking sheet in moderate oven (350 degrees F) 10 to 12 minutes.

Makes 3 dozen cookies
Source: The Dairy Cookbook by Culinary Arts Institute, 1941