And then they shrink anyway.
Check it out, fig Newtons with figs and dates and after all that trouble of turning palm fruits into sludge so the result isn't lumpy and all that measuring and numerical precision with dough size, the thing that I learned foremost is figs and dates are a lot better in their original form. Now I have a pint jar of fig/date sludge and it really is delicious with no sugar or spice or anything added. But I'd rather have the fruit. And it was a lot of trouble.
