What is the newton in fig newtons?

on a side note, do you have a recipe for homemade fig newtons?

What is the newton in fig newtons?
Originally, the Fig Newton was just called the Newton. There is an old rumor that James Henry Mitchell, the funnel machine's inventor, named the cookies after that great physicist, Sir Isaac Newton, but that was just a rumor.



Recipe:



Ingredients

1 lb dried figs or

2 lbs fresh figs

1 cup sugar

1 cup water(1 c. for dried figs, 1/2 c. for fresh)

1/2 cup butter, room temp

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tablespoon cream or milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 3/4 cups flour



Directions

Dice figs, soak in water 1 hour.

Add sugar %26amp; cook on medium heat until of thin jam consistency.

Beat sugar, butter, egg, milk %26amp; vanilla until well blended.

Add dry ingredients.

Mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Place 1/2 on well floured dough cloth; knead about 6 times.

Roll out to 1/4" thick. Line 13 x 9" glass baking dish; cover with figs.

Roll remaining dough, cover figs. Cook at 350° for 30 minutes.

Let cool and cut into squares. Depending on the size you cut you can get a couple dozen cookies.
Reply:Oh my god...last name of the man who invented putting them into a cookie
Reply:There is no Newton. They are filled with a fig mixture.
Reply:Its the person who made them's name.

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