One of my most popular recipes to date has been my remake of the classic Fig Newton. You could fill these cookies with just about anything really. I decided to try strawberry, but in a bite-sized version.

I just love these Strawberry Newton Minis. These little cookies contain our super simple Vegan Strawberry Chia Seed Jam.

The jam contains just four ingredients: Fresh strawberries, lemon juice, chia seeds and agave syrup and takes less than 10 minutes to prepare. Both the dough and the jam should be refrigerated for several hours prior to assembly however.

The chia seeds plump and soften as they absorb the liquids, so I left mine refrigerated overnight.

For my traditional Newtons, I had used flax to replace the egg in the dough. However I didn’t like the flecks they created. They also give off a slightly nutty taste which I wanted to avoid this time around. So today, I pureed 1/4 C of tofu and it worked perfectly! The dough had a nice light color and smooth texture.

If you are unsure how to assemble the cookies, you can take a peek back at the original for a full step-by-step tutorial. It’s just a matter of rolling the dough into a rectangular shape, spreading jam down the middle (be sure not to overfill or you will have a mess on your hands) and slice in cookies. I reduced the size of my rectangles so that these would be miniature-sized cookies, but you can make yours whatever size you’d like.

A bit crispy straight out of the oven, these cookies are so much better if once cooled, you place them in a covered container and allow to sit overnight. They then resemble that soft cookie you know and love.

And if you prefer the more traditional Fig Newton, we’ve got you covered! This page also contains the step-by-step assembly tutorial.