Cherry-Fig Bars

Submitted by Baby Kato

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

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 12 bars
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3⁄4 cup fig, chopped
• 1⁄4 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!

 

[Engrossed]

These were very nice, soft and sweet. Pretty too. It's funny when you look at them you almost expect them to be chocolate chip cherry bars but nope! I wonder if dried cherries would also work? Thanks for the unusual recipe to try. Made for 1-2-3 hit wonders.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Five stars all the way, my fruit-loving DH devoured these in no time, the only change I made was I increased the vanilla by 1 teaspoon and reduced the sugar by 1/4 cup, great recipe BK!...Kitten :)