Oh yeah, after eating a couple Fig Newton's here are the flavors and %'s I'm thinking of starting with.
JF Yellow Cake 2% (or FLV Pound Cake 1% - 1.5%)
FA Cookie (or perhaps INW Biscuit) 0.5%
FA Milk 1%
FA Fig 1.5% to 2%
INW Shisha Vanilla 0.5% - 0.75% (optional)
TPA Brown Sugar (all the FN recipes I've looked at have it) 0.5%
FA Blood Orange 0.5% ***
*** Or perhaps a zesty juicy lemon, depending on ones tastes, either will add juiciness and brighten the mix.
I will add VTA Fig (0.75% - 1%) because the two figs work well together. FA Fig will have the higher ratio.
A light touch of FA Cookie, or INW Biscuit, would be better for the cookie base than FA Vanilla Cookie. Those are more neutral. A yellow cake, as per FN recipes IRL. A FN cookie is a soft base and more cake like.
FA Milk for it's juiciness and who doesn't do cookies and milk.
This recipe looks good.
Homemade Fig Newtons Recipe
She is using brown sugar. Orange zest (FA Blood Orange is zesty) plus freshly squeezed orange
juice (FA Royal Orange is exactly that). Also egg yolks (FA Custard Premium or CAP Vanilla Custard v1 0.5%).
I will likely add the second orange and custard after I get the basic mix set.
Thoughts???