What You Need to Know
The fig roll or fig bar is a biscuit or cookie consisting of a rolled cake or pastry filled with fig paste.
Steps
- 1.
Fig Newtons (United States): Commercial adaptation using extruded dough
- 2.
Pan de Higo (Spain): Pressed fig cake wrapped in pastry leaves
- 3.
Mishmishiya (Middle East): Fig-filled ma'amoul cookies
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard Reaction