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Fig Bread Recipe
by CookEatShare Cookbook

Fig Bread
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  Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • 1 c. sifted enriched flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 c. rolled oats (quick or possibly old fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1 c. minced dry figs
  • 1/2 c. minced nuts
  • 2 T minced candied orange peel
  • 1/4 c. melted butter

Directions

  1. Beat egg till light; add in sugar gradually, beating till fluffy. Add in buttermilk. Sift together flour, soda and salt; add in to egg mix, stirring lightly till combined. Mix in rolled oats, figs, nuts and orange peel. Lightly stir in melted butter. Bake in greased paper lined bread pan (1 lb size) in moderate oven (350 degrees) 50 min to 1 hour. Cool. Frost top with a thin confectioners' sugar frosting (make by combining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 1/2 tbsp orange juice). Let frosting drip down onto sides. Decorate top with scallops of candied orange peel and a Christmas greeting if you like.