Cherry-Fig Bars

Baby Kato's Note:

This unusual bar comes from the Land O Lakes Cookie Collection. Hope that you will enjoy them as much as we do.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 bars

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter , softened
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup fig , chopped
• ¼ cup maraschino cherry , drained and chopped
• 1 tablespoon white sugar , for sprinkling

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda and vanilla in a small bowl.
3. Beat at slow speed, for 2 to 3 minutes, scraping bowl often.
4. Stir in cherries and figs.
5. Spread into greased and floured 9" pan.
6. Sprinkle remaining sugar over top.
7. Bake at 325 for 22- 30 minutes.
8. Cool completely, cut into bars.

Reviews

[The Kitchen Princess]

Great recipe! The entire family enjoyed it. Definately something I'm going to hold on to in the future. A simple recipe that is easy to make. Each mouthful delivers a luxurious taste. Whats more to ask for? Thank you Baby Kato. Keep posting awesome recipes.

[mikey & ev]

These came out surprisingly good! I used whole wheat flour, and instead of the cherries I used dried fruit. I'm not sure what the recipe implies, but I used fresh mission figs (not dried). The only thing I might change next time is add a little extra vanilla extract or maybe some cinnamon to the dough. Great breakfast/snack since its dough-y, almost bread-like. Thanks!

[Sydney Mike]

Except for increasing the figs to 1 cup & the cherries to 1/3 cup, I followed this recipe & had a wonderful taste treat! Another time I MIGHT use dried cherries & see how that goes ~ as long as they don't overpower the figs! Thanks for this great recipe!