Maple and Fig Shortbread

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These are meant to beryllium served with brew -- specifically, a saison oregon Belgian strong, acheronian ale that stands up to the richness of the butter, maple and fig.

Bonus: This egg-free dough comes unneurotic by hand; you tin usage a mixer, but you don't request one.

The dough needs to beryllium refrigerated for astatine slightest 30 minutes and up to 1 day. The cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality astatine country somesthesia for up to 5 days oregon frozen for up to 1 month.

Adapted from "Cookies & Beer: Bake, Pair, Enjoy," by Jonathan Bender (Andrews McMeel, 2015).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 30 cookies

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cupful confectioners' sugar
  • Pinch salt
  • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, astatine country temperature
  • 1 spoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons dark-amber maple syrup
  • 1 cupful packed dried achromatic Mission figs, stemmed, each chopped successful half

Nutritional Facts

Per cookie

  • Calories

    110

  • Fat

    6 g

  • Saturated Fat

    4 g

  • Carbohydrates

    13 g

  • Sodium

    10 mg

  • Cholesterol

    15 mg

  • Protein

    1 g

  • Sugar

    6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Cookies & Beer: Bake, Pair, Enjoy," by Jonathan Bender (Andrews McMeel, 2015).

Tested by Nilar Andrea Chit Tun.

Published November 30, 2015

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Updated March 15, 2026

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