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Old-Fashioned Fig Bars

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 25
1/2 tsGround nutmeg
FOR CRUST
1/2 cPacked light brown sugar
1 tsVanilla
1/2 tsGround cinnamon
1/2 tsSalt
1/3 cButter
1/3 cFruit juice; or water
1 cAll-purpose flour
1 tsVanilla
1 cRolled oats, old-fashioned; (not instant)
FOR FIG FILLING
8 ozCalifornia figs; (Calimyrna

Old-Fashioned Fig Bars Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare filling: Combine figs, juice, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg in a blender or food processor; process until pureed. Set aside. To prepare crust: Combine flour, oats, sugar, vanilla, salt and butter in food processor bowl fitted with metal blade. Process until blended, about 30 to 60 seconds. (To mix by hand: In large mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, vanilla and salt. Cut butter into small chunks, then cut into flour mixture with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is blended.)Reserve 1/2 cup mixture for topping. Pat remaining mixture evenly over bottom of 9-by-9-by-2-inch pan. Spread fig filling evenly over crust. Sprinkle with reserved 1/2 cup topping. Bake until lightly browned, about 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pan. Yield: 25 bars. From The California Fig Advisory Board. Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11/10/97 Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Nancy Berry on Feb 04, 1999,

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Calories Per Serving: 90
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Tags

  1. Desserts
  2. Butter
  3. Spring
  4. Sweet

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