Holiday Baking with Figs—Festive Breads to Bake — Get a rise out of bread baking this holiday season. Whether you’re new to bread baking or a seasoned pro, we’ve got oodles of ideas for every skill level to keep your oven busy, baking with premium Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid California Dried Mission and Golden Figs with Platinum Yeast from Red...

Filled with Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs, raisins, dates, almonds, honey or jam, orange or lemon peel, and scented with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, Cuccidati are traditional Italian fig cookies served at Christmas and especially favored by Italian-Americans around the holidays. It is not too farfetched to speculate that Arab influence in Southern Italy could be responsible for...