![]() So 20 ounces of figs is the sweet spot, and will yield 24-30 “Newton”-sized cookies. Once I cooked them down though, I needed about twice as many to properly fill the dough for the cookies. This bunch of 16 figs weighed in at NOT QUITE 10 ounces. For scale, you can see it is larger than a cherry tomato, and the cherry tomato is just slightly larger than a quarter. We need a whole other post on battling the bugs that eat figs. This is one of the figs I picked from my tree before the beetles ate it. So I decided to help us quit all the guesswork and get some real measurements. if you read through the comments in that post, you will find lots of readers with helpful tips on weight and size. The figs I used in my initial recipe development were HUGE though, at least compared to the figs my tree puts off. In my original recipe for Fresh Fig Newtons, I called for 16 figs. Since your fresh figs are going to vary widely in size, measuring by weight is the best way to go. This will largely depend on the size of your figs. How many figs do you need to make Fig Newtons? Homemade Fig Newton Filling is made with fig paste, and while I can’t tell you what happens at the magical cookie factory, I CAN break down how I made my fig cookie filling with fresh figs. Since both of my girls are PhD candidates, the eldest in English, I decided to take this blog thing seriously.Let me preface the answer to this Filling in a Fig Newton question with a disclaimer: I don’t work for Nabisco!īut I have made a LOT of homemade fig newtons in my time. My youngest agreed, saying that I have a talent for making poignant cultural critiques in an extremely hilarious manner and should start aforementioned blog. My oldest daughter praised my thoughts, saying that I have found a niche market in satire: 'exaggeration comedy'-and that I should start a blog. ![]() Recently, I wrote a rant about the consumer capitalism behind the cold and flu industry, and it made both of my (otherwise refined) daughters SNORT out loud! I often write for them- random thoughts and e-mails-in which I express my shock at various cultural phenomena, using my particular Wennerstrom sense of humor. I am also the proud father of two amazing grown daughters who seem to adore my sense of humor. ![]() I am enclosing reimbursement for Fig NEWTONS Fruit Chewy Cookies and hope that your next experience will be a good one.ĭenver, Colorado, United States My name is Dennis Wennerstrom, I am a writer, an engineer, a woodworker, and an artist. It's feedback like yours that we use to continually improve the products we offer. Please know that we will do everything we can to help ensure your satisfaction in the future. There is nothing more important to us than giving you, and every one of our consumers, high-quality products.įor that reason, we were sorry to hear that your purchase did not meet your expectations. Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your recent experience with Fig NEWTONS Fruit Chewy Cookies. Kraft Food's response to my letter, inquiring about the size reduction of Newtons: Only intense Post Packaging Therapy will get me I will search with all the search engines-I will get to This one! "Sarah Palin can not see a Newton from her front porch!" Now there are all of these other Newtons: Strawberry, Cherry, Those tasted like dried moose turds NO THANK YOU! The diversion is different Newton products. Nabisco figured they could pull this off without anyone taking notice. Should I call Nabisco, theĮPA, FDA, Homeland Security or the IRS? This SO WRONG! I think Newtons, but nothing regarding their size. I may be getting old but I can tell theseĬookies are smaller than they use to be. These weird little cookies on my four hundred plus miles while doing the 2003 Now theyĪre in some goofy resealable little pack. THIS IS UN-AMERICAN! Fig Newtons use toĬome in two wrapped bold and plump stacks in each package. So many products keep the same price but the Swear they are one third to one half the size they were several years What has happened with the size of Fig Newtons? I I just had a glass of milk andįive Fig Newtons. ![]() Par for the course I just woke up, wide awake in the An email to my Daughters regarding the diminished size of Fig Newtons ![]()
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