fig bread

Banana Bread

Fig Bread

Sweet, soft and figgy, this quick bread is reminiscent of a Fig Newton cookie. If you happen to have an abundance of figs, this fig bread recipe is a delicious, creative way to use them up. And just as too-ripe bananas make the best banana bread, very ripe figs are ideal here.

Ingredients

cooking spray
6 ounces fresh figs, stemmed, chopped and mashed
1 large egg
¾ cup granulated sugar
⅓ cup (about 2 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups (about 8 ounces) white whole-wheat flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
Whisk together mashed figs, egg, sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl. Whisk flour mixture into fig mixture, stirring until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.