Spoon batter into three greased and floured 9-inch cake pans. In another bowl combine eggs and vegetable oil and beat thoroughly. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. I never did find out the recipe and hope you have one.Ī: I have a wonderful cookbook, 'Celebrating San Antonio Cookbook' and the recipe you requested is included. The frosting was especially unique and delicious. For dessert we had the best carrot cake I have ever tasted and what was described as South Texas Carrot Cake. Q: Our family spent the holidays in Texas and attended a great church supper in Austin with relatives. In England, cookies are called biscuits, in Spain they are referred to as galletas, Germans call them keeks and in Italy they're biscotti. Other cookies, such as German springerle, are formed by imprinting designs on the dough, either by rolling a special decoratively carved rolling pin over it or by pressing the dough into a carved cookie mold. Then it is cut into decorative shapes with a cookie cutter or pointed knife. Rolled cookies: Made by using a rolling pin to flatten the dough. Refrigerator or icebox cookies: Made by shaping the dough into a log, which is refrigerated until firm, then sliced and baked. Pressed cookies: Formed by pressing dough through a cookie press or pastry bag to form fancy shapes and designs. Hand-formed or molded cookies: Made by shaping dough by hand into small balls, logs, crescents and other shapes. There are six basic cookie styles, any of which can range from tender-crisp to soft.ĭrop cookies: Made by dropping spoonfuls of dough onto a baking sheet.īar cookies: Created when a batter or soft dough is spooned into a shallow pan, then baked, cooled and cut into bars. The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th-century Persia, one of the first countries to cultivate sugar. Fig Newtons have been a favorite comfort food, bringing pleasure and satisfaction to millions.Ĭookie: A cookie can be any of various hand-held, flour-based sweet cakes ? either crisp or soft. What is not conjecture is that Fig Newtons continue to be popular as they have been for 101 years. Their public relations department presumes that the product was produced by a bakery in Newton, Mass., but this is pure conjecture. Nabisco itself is at a loss to pinpoint the actual origin of the name. It was named after Newton Baker, who was Secretary of the Army at that time. The cookie was developed to provide a high-energy, small-sized food item. There is even a third explanation that alleges the Fig Newton was developed during World War I with the encouragement of the government. When bakers came up with the Fig Newton it was decided to take the name of the town of Newton ? a suburb of Boston.' However, this story has been disputed by William Cahn, who wrote a book called 'Out of the Cracker Barrel: the Nabisco Story from Animal Crackers to Zuzus.' He writes that just before the introduction of the Fig Newton, 'Cookies and crackers had been named Brighton, Boston Family, Cambridge Salts, Beacon Hill, Shrewsbury and Melrose. later was sold to Nabisco and they continue to market the cookie with the original name. Newton Rumble, a school friend.Īfter Rumble graduated from the University of Iowa he returned to his hometown and worked for Iden Biscuit for a while. One was a square ginger cookie that was named for Helen Iden, daughter of the owner, and the other was a fig-and-batter sweet which was named for J. According to some food historians that was the year when the owner of the Iden Biscuit Co. Now that we've settled that bit of trivia, let's get down to finding out more about this traditional cookie, which has been a part of American cuisine since 1907. The word cookie comes from the Dutch koekje, meaning little cake. It's OK if you want to call this delectable sweet a cake, but according to most food professionals, it is a cookie. No matter what Madison Avenue says ? cake or cookie ? the Fig Newton is one of life's most treasured treats. Today has been designated as National Fig Newton Day. I know many couldn't care less, but for those of you who love old-fashioned Fig Newtons, I have good news.
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