Comments on: Fig and Orange Sables https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/ Perfected baking recipes, with a focus on cookies and morning baking. Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:49:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sarah Kieffer https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1895996 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:49:23 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1895996 In reply to ME.

So happy you like them!

]]> By: ME https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1895853 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 02:54:48 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1895853 5 stars
I’ve now made these 4 times since November! Everyone is obsessed with them, and they were easily the best cookies in our family Christmas cookie box. Fantastic recipe, and one that will be in rotation every fall and winter!

]]> By: KK https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1890608 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:26:08 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1890608 5 stars
These are so good and I’ll definitely be making them on repeat over the holidays. Like another commenter, I had the same problem with pulsing figs with sugar in the food processor. Soaking in warm water is a good idea; I also thought about cutting the figs into smaller pieces before putting them into the food processor.

I made two 12″ logs with this recipe. The cookies were 2.5″ diameter which I think is a good size for a cookie. Thank you for the recipe!

]]> By: Sue https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1861459 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:56:32 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1861459 5 stars
These are really delicious! Hit all the notes for a yummy cookie. Is the 20 cookie count correct? With a 12” log cutting 1/4” thick cookies, the math doesn’t work! Thanks.

]]> By: Han https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1848282 Sun, 26 May 2024 19:45:40 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1848282 5 stars
AMAZING RECIPE. I don’t like eating dried figs but in this cookie, it is just perfection. My log was not rounded perfectly so the cookies are all different sizes but I never baked for aesthetics. Trust the taste!

]]> By: Alyssa https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1833791 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:40:53 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1833791 3 stars
Used European butter (as the cookbook suggested) and the cookies spread out very thin while cooking.

]]> By: Kate https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1808654 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:43:23 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1808654 4 stars
My sable cookies keep spreading much more than pictured. Can I freeze the cut cookies for ten or 15 minutes before baking to help with the spread?

]]> By: Jazi https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1808240 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1808240 Can I use dried dates as a substitute for the figs???

]]> By: Julie https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1783171 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:02:52 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1783171 Hi, I made your pan-banging cookies with gf flour with much success. My daughter, who CAN eat gluten still declared them “the best cookie ever”. Do you imagine that these sables would hold together with gf flour? Thank you! Gave myself and a family member your “Baking for the Holidays” and another family member is getting “100 Cookies”!

]]> By: Rohini https://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/fig-orange-sables/comment-page-1/#comment-1753792 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:40:32 +0000 http://www.thevanillabeanblog.com/?p=13615#comment-1753792 These tasted really good, thanks. It is a decently sweet cookie, love getting a little salt crystal in between sweet.

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