Today is National Fig Newton Day - YUCK! In my opinion, this is a completely useless waste of calories consumed and I don't know how it even made it onto a National list of desserts!! I guess buying it in the COOKIE aisle makes it a dessert! One of the reasons I don't like them is because of the small seeds and the texture of the fig. However, in the spirit of the day, I consumed half of a Nabisco Fig Newton Cookie (only 50 calories). Thankfully, I was able to purchase a small package from the checkout aisle at Kroger which contained 2 cookies - my husband ate one and finished off the rest of mine.
I googled fig newton just to see what I came up with and I came across this website, For the Love of Fig Newtons from an obsessed fan. He did a taste test of various brands and varieties of Fig Newtons, which was interesting.
Now for an update on the marzipan that I made a few days ago. I let it sit in the fridge overnight, and by the next day, it was still too sticky to be able to mold into anything. So I placed some between wax paper and rolled it to about 1/4" thickness. Using a pizza cutter, I sliced the marzipan into rectangles and returned to the fridge to harden. Meanwhile, I melted some Ghiradelli dipping chocolate then dipped the marzipan. It was really quite tasty. Thomas thought the texture was similar to a Mounds bar. I don't like coconut, but I could see how the ground almonds resembled the texture of coconut. All in all, it was a tasty success! Each piece contains about 100 calories.
P.S. The only changes that I might make to the recipe next time would be to add 1-1/2 egg whites instead of 2, and use vanilla extract in place of the almond extract.
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