Description
These Whole Wheat Fig Bars have a thin layer of sweet fig preserves sandwiched between two layers of whole wheat cinnamon vanilla dough that bakes up soft.
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 13 oz fig jam or preserves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and line a 8×8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Using a handheld or stand electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Whisk in egg and vanilla until smooth. Pour the flour mixture into the bowl and use a wooden spoon to mix the flour into the creamed butter mixture.
- Once it is evenly incorporated and a dough forms, roll it into a ball and freeze for 10 minutes to solidify. This will make it easier to press into the pan. Once chilled, take 2/3 of the dough ball, and return the rest of the dough to the freezer.
- Place the dough between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out the dough into a 9×9-inch rectangle, and press it into the bottom of the pan in an even layer.
- Place in the oven to bake for 15 minutes. The dough should be golden brown on top.
- Remove from the oven and spread the fig jam in an even layer over the top of the bars. Take the last 1/3 of the dough and roll it between two pieces of parchment paper until it is about 1/4-inch thick.
- Place the sheet of dough over the top of the fig jam and bake the bars in the oven for18-20 minutes until cooked through an d golden brown on top.
- Remove from oven to cool completely, at least 2 hours, before slicing.