Fig Roll ( Candy )

This is actually the filling used in Fig Newtons minus the biscuit. Traditionally a fig roll ( originally date roll )  was a candy formed into a roll without the biscuit and this is the recipe for that.

Ingredients

3 cups sugar

1 tsp maple syrup

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup of milk

1/4 tsp cream of tarter

1 cup Figs

1 cup Walnuts

1 tsp Vanilla 

Directions

Mix ingredients ( reserve  figs and nuts ) into a saucepan.

Bring ingredients ( reserve figs & nuts ) to a boil.

Once at a rolling boil add in the figs & walnuts cook till completely mixed & creamy in texture and  remove from heat. Poor mixture onto a damp cloth and roll it into roll squeezing each end shut.

Let sit for 1- 2 minutes till slightly hardened then unwrap and slice.