It’s hard to think of a cookie with more nostalgia baked-in as the classic, packaged fig cookies. Once prescribed by doctors as a way to improve digestion and therefore “healthy” (they thought whole grains were the cure-all in the late 1800’s), it’s now a processed dessert mostly marketed towards baby-boomers.

Introducing the Paleo Fig Newton

The concept is simple – fruit paste surrounded by a pastry. So, we thought, why couldn’t we make a paleo version?

Here’s what we came up with. They certainly were a hit with our team!

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