Oatey Fig Bars
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
Makes 16
List of Ingredients
Filling:
1/2 cup Turkish or Calmyrna figs, snipped into quarters
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried currants
juice and rind of 1 organic orange
1/3 cup boiling water
1/4 cup almonds
Crust:
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
6 TB very hard organic unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/3 cup water
2 TB maple syrup
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Oil an 8-inch square baking pan and set aside.
In a 1 quart saucepan, combine figs, raisins,
currants, juice and rind of orange and the
boiling water.
Cook mixture for 5 minutes.
Let cool while you make the crust.
Place the oats, pastry flour, salt and nutmeg
in a food processor.
Pulse 3–4 times to lightly blend ingredients
and break up oats just a bit.
Add the hard butter pieces and cut into the
oats.
Add water and process to combine.
Do not overmix.
Press half of this mixture into the greased
baking pan and reserve the remainder in a
small bowl.
Place the warm cooked fruit mixture and the
almonds in the bowl of the processor and
process to break up almonds and purée fruit.
Spread all the fruit mixture onto the oat
crust in baking pan.
Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture evenly
over the filling and press lightly to help
it adhere.
Drizzle the maple syrup over all.
Bake at 350°F for 20–25 minutes to cook
and lightly brown crust.
Cool before cutting into 16 pieces.
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