Fig Swirls

Name: Fig Swirls
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1¾ cups all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup unsalted butter; 4 oz cream cheese; 1 large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup dried Mission figs; ¾ cup mild honey; 2 tablespoons orange juice; 2 teaspoons orange zest; ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Delicate pastry swirls filled with a honey-sweetened fig and orange filling, these cookies feature a cream cheese dough wrapped around a aromatic mixture of dried Mission figs, honey, orange, and cinnamon.

24 servings

6 hr 13 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Ingredients

•1¾ cups all-purpose flour
•¼ teaspoon baking powder
•¼ teaspoon baking soda
•¼ teaspoon salt
•½ cup unsalted butter
•4 oz cream cheese
•1 large egg yolk
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•1 cup dried Mission figs
•¾ cup mild honey
•2 tablespoons orange juice
•2 teaspoons orange zest
•½ teaspoon cinnamon

Cooking Instructions

1.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
3 min
2.
Pulse butter, cream cheese, yolk, and vanilla in a food processor until smooth, then add flour mixture and pulse until dough just forms a ball.
5 min
3.
Halve dough and form each half into a roughly 6- by 2-inch rectangle. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.
90 min
4.
Purée figs, honey, juice, zest, and cinnamon in cleaned food processor until almost smooth.
5 min
5.
Roll out 1 piece of dough between 2 sheets of wax paper into a 10- by 8-inch rectangle (about 1/3 inch thick), long side facing you. Remove top sheet of wax paper and gently spread one fourth of fig mixture over bottom half of dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Using wax paper as an aid, roll dough, jelly-roll style, halfway, enclosing fig mixture. Flip dough, with wax paper. Remove paper. Spread with one third of remaining fig mixture and roll in same manner, to form an S-shaped log. Make another log. Chill logs, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, at least 4 hours.
240 min
6.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
15 min
7.
Cut logs crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about 2 inches apart on lightly buttered baking sheets. Bake until pastry is pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.
15 min

Ingredients

•1¾ cups all-purpose flour

•¼ teaspoon baking powder

•¼ teaspoon baking soda

•¼ teaspoon salt

•½ cup unsalted butter

•4 oz cream cheese

•1 large egg yolk

•1 teaspoon vanilla

•1 cup dried Mission figs

•¾ cup mild honey

•2 tablespoons orange juice

•2 teaspoons orange zest

•½ teaspoon cinnamon

Cooking Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

3 min

Pulse butter, cream cheese, yolk, and vanilla in a food processor until smooth, then add flour mixture and pulse until dough just forms a ball.

5 min

Halve dough and form each half into a roughly 6- by 2-inch rectangle. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.

90 min

Purée figs, honey, juice, zest, and cinnamon in cleaned food processor until almost smooth.

5 min

Roll out 1 piece of dough between 2 sheets of wax paper into a 10- by 8-inch rectangle (about 1/3 inch thick), long side facing you. Remove top sheet of wax paper and gently spread one fourth of fig mixture over bottom half of dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Using wax paper as an aid, roll dough, jelly-roll style, halfway, enclosing fig mixture. Flip dough, with wax paper. Remove paper. Spread with one third of remaining fig mixture and roll in same manner, to form an S-shaped log. Make another log. Chill logs, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, at least 4 hours.

240 min

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.

15 min

Cut logs crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about 2 inches apart on lightly buttered baking sheets. Bake until pastry is pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.

15 min