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Fabulous Fig Bars
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Makes:
24 bars (about 2.5 x 2 inches)
Prep time:
45 minutes
Cooking time:
30 minutes
Ingredients
16 ounces stemmed, chopped dried figs
½ cup chopped walnuts
⅓ cup sugar
¼ cup orange juice (juice from 1/2 orange)
2 tablespoons hot water
½ cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ¼ cups old fashioned rolled oats
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray or oil a 9x13-inch baking pan.
- Combine figs, walnuts, sugar, orange juice and hot water in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Mix together margarine and brown sugar until creamy. Add egg and mix until smooth.
- Mix flour and baking soda. Stir into egg mixture. Blend in oats to make soft dough.
- Reserve 1 cup of dough for topping. With floured fingertips, press the remaining dough into a thin layer on the bottom of baking pan.
- Spread fig mixture evenly over the dough. Crumble reserved dough over top, allowing fig mixture to show.
- Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in baking pan. Cut into 24 bars (about 2.5 x 2 inches).