Spiced Fig Bread
Very flavorful and not too sweet.
Servings 12 Slices
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (128 grams)
- 2 tablespoons of buttermilk powder (or leave out and replace water with ½ cup of buttermilk) **
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg plus 2 tablespoons lightly beaten egg
- ½ cup water or if using buttermilk instead of powder ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup fig preserves (120 grams)
- ⅔ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Line bottom and narrow sides with a strip of parchment paper and dust the long sides with flour.
- Stir flour, buttermilk powder (if using), sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices together in a mixing bowl.
- In a large measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, water (or buttermilk), vanilla and fig preserves. Add liquid mixture to flour mixture and stir until smooth, then stir in the walnuts.
- Pour into the loaf pan and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until loaf tests done. Let cool in pan for about 20 minutes, then carefully loosen with a knife. Don't remove from pan yet. Let cool completely, then turn from pan.
