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{{short description|Snack food}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Fig Roll | image = Fig rolls (homemade).jpg | caption = Homemade fig rolls | alternate_name = | place_of_origin = [[Western Asia]] | region = | creator = | type = [[Pastry]] | served = | main_ingredient = [[Fig|Fig paste]] | variations = | calories = | other = }} The '''fig roll''' or '''fig bar''' is a biscuit or cookie consisting of a rolled cake or pastry filled with [[fig]] paste. ==History== [[Fig]]s have been a popular food since [[Fig#From_ancient_times|ancient times]], originating in the areas of the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Asia Minor]]. Early [[Egypt|Egyptians]] may have invented the first fig roll—a simple pastry made with fig paste and a flour-based dough.<ref>{{cite web |title=Have a rootin' tootin' celebration of Fig Newton Day |url=https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/lifestyle/2018/01/10/have-a-rootin-tootin-celebration-of-fig-newton-day/116556966/ |publisher=Herald Mail Media |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> In the [[Middle Ages]], the arab physician [[Ibn Butlan]] is recorded to have recommended eating figs with biscuits, or sugared bread—an early instance of what could be considered a fig roll.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collingham |first1=Lizzie |author-link=Lizzie Collingham |title=Crumbs! A history of biscuits in 15 fantastic facts – from flatulence cure to phenomenal fuel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/oct/18/crumbs-a-history-of-biscuits-in-15-fantastic-facts-from-flatulence-cure-to-phenomenal-fuel |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> Fig rolls were popular with [[United Kingdom|British]] immigrants in the United States in the late 19th century.<ref name="ThoughtCo">{{cite web |last1=Bellis |first1=Mary |title=Fig Newton: History and Invention of the Cookies |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/fig-newton-history-1991793 |website=ThoughtCo. |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> ==Fig Newtons<span class="anchor" id="Mass production"></span>== {{main|Fig Newtons}} [[Image:Fig newton2.jpg|thumb|right|A plastic tray of mass-produced Fig Newtons]] [[File:Fig-Newtons-Stacked.jpg|thumb|alt=two fig newton cookies|Fig Newtons]] Fig Newtons are a popular mass-produced cookie similar to a fig roll. In 1892 James Henry Mitchell, a Florida engineer and inventor, received a patent for a machine that could produce a hollow tube of cookie dough and simultaneously fill it with jam.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWtIDQAAQBAJ&q=+fig+newtons|title=BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts|last=Parks|first=Stella|date=2017-08-15|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=9780393634273|language=en}}</ref> The machine consisted of two funnels, one inside the other, with the outer funnel creating the dough tube and the inner funnel filling that tube with fig jam.<ref name="ThoughtCo" /> At the same time, [[Philadelphia]] baker and fig lover [[Charles Roser]] was developing a recipe for a pastry based on the British homemade fig roll. Roser approached the [[Cambridgeport, Massachusetts]]–based Kennedy Biscuit Company, who agreed to take on production and sales.<ref name="ThoughtCo" /> Kennedy Biscuit Company had recently become associated with the New York Biscuit Company, and after merger to form [[Nabisco]], trademarked the product as the [[Fig Newton]]. The cookie was named after the Massachusetts town of [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]]. It was one of the first commercially-produced baked goods in the United States.<ref name="ThoughtCo" /> {{clear}} ==See also== {{portal|Food}} * [[Birnbrot]] * [[Fig-cake (fruit)]] * [[List of cookies]] * [[List of pastries]] * [[Makroudh]] * [[Cuccidati]] * [[Anpan]] ==Footnotes and references== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/fig/ 21st Century Fig Festival - a comparison of fig rolls] * [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2016/may/05/how-to-make-the-perfect-fig-rolls Felicity Cloake: How to make the perfect fig rolls] {{pastries}} {{Jewish baked goods}} {{African cuisine}} {{Cuisine of Israel}} {{Cuisine of Lebanon}} {{Cuisine of Turkey}} {{Cuisine of Cyprus}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fig Roll}} [[Category:Arab pastries]] [[Category:British cuisine]] [[Category:Egyptian cuisine]] [[Category:Turkish cuisine]] [[Category:Cypriot cuisine]] [[Category:Syrian cuisine]] [[Category:Lebanese cuisine]] [[Category:Israeli pastries]] [[Category:Cuisine of Northern Cyprus]] [[Category:Pastries]] [[Category:Snack foods]] [[Category:Fig dishes]]
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