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Fig Nut Bread Recipes


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August 10, 2013

Pan of baked bread.I have two green fig trees growing on the neighbor's property, a Friends church. I was given permission to pick the fruit long ago by the pastor, as they do not. In the past I have cooked the figs down into a thick jam-like syrup and made oatmeal breakfast squares. This year I wanted to make something different.

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I decided to rework a zucchini nut bread recipe and use figs in place of the squash. Since these large green figs are quite juicy, I decided to peel and cook them in a slow oven to dry them out somewhat. You could also cook down until most of the liquid thickens.

The resulting quick bread was delicious.

Total Time: Including the drying, mixing, baking approximately 3.5 hours.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups figs, somewhat dried
  • 3 eggs
  • 1.75 cup sugar, I used brown
  • 1 cup oil, canola or your choice
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1.5 cup chopped nuts, walnuts or your choice

Steps:

  1. Peel figs.
  2. Peeling figs.
     
  3. Place in an oven proof dish.
  4. Place in oven safe dish.
     
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  5. Place in a 200 degree F oven for approximately 2 hours. They will be somewhat dried/dehydrated and juice will be a thick syrup.
  6. Figs after drying somewhat in oven.
     
  7. Add dry ingredients to eggs and oil. Mix thoroughtly.
  8. Stirring in dry ingredients.
     
    Mixed batter, with added cinnamon.
     
  9. Add figs and mix well.
  10. Adding figs.
     
  11. Add nuts, blend in thoroughly.
  12. Stirring in broken walnuts.
     
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  13. Pour into greased pans. I used one glass loaf pan and one small rectangular Pyrex dish.
  14. Bake in a 325 degree F oven for glass pans or 350 F for metal.
  15. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean. The small glass dish took 40 minutes and the loaf pan 57 minutes.

This moist, dark bread tastes great. I will be making more next season.

Square of bread.
 

Comments

October 30, 20140 found this helpful

I have a question: would I be able to use dried figs, that could be bought in the store? If so, would I have to peel those?
Thanks for any information.

 
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