Cherry Fig Bars Food

CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour., Spread 3 cups dough into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, extracts and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over top.

FIG-AND-WALNUT ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Place the oats, cereal, flour, walnuts, figs, dry milk, cinnamon and ginger in a food processor; coarsely chop.
• Add the honey and eggs; pulse until well combined.
• Transfer the mixture to the pan; spread evenly with your fingers. Bake until lightly browned around the edges, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then cut into 16 bars. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or wrap individually and freeze for up to 3 months.

HOMEMADE FIG NEWTONS RECIPE

Steps:

• FOR THE FILLING: Simmer the figs, apple juice*, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the figs are very soft and the juice is syrupy, 25 to 30 minutes. There should only be 3-4 tablespoons of liquid remaining in the pan when they're done.
• Let the mixture cool slightly. Puree the figs in a food processor with the lemon juice until the mixture has a thick jam consistency, about 8 seconds.
• FOR THE CRUST: Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with a parchment both directions, and then grease the paper.
• Whisk the flours, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 6 minutes.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.
• Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Reserve 3/4 cup of the dough for the topping!
• Sprinkle the remaining dough mixture into the prepared pan and press into an even layer with a greased spatula.
• Bake the crust until just beginning to turn golden, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, roll the reserved 3/4 cup of dough for the top crust between 2 sheets of greased parchment paper into an 8-inch square; trim the edges of the dough as needed to measure exactly 8 inches. Leaving the dough sandwiched between the parchment, transfer it to a baking sheet and place it in the freezer until needed.
• Spread the fig mixture evenly over the crust. Unwrap the frozen, reserved top crust and lay it over the filling, pressing lightly to adhere. Honestly, this part doesn't have to be perfect; you can see in the photos I had some tears and holes and I just patched it. Once you cut the bars, no one will notice!
• Bake the bars until the top crust is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.
• Let the fig bars cool completely in the pan, set on a wire rack, about 2 hours. Remove the bars from the pan using the foil, cut into squares, and serve.

OATMEAL FIG BARS | HOMEMADE FIG NEWTONS

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan, put figs, water, lemon juice and zest, and bring to a boil. Simmer until mixture starts to thicken (about 3 minutes). Let cool for about 5 minutes.
• Put filling in food processor and process until smooth. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together oats, flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• Add butter and egg white to oat mixture and stir until combined.
• Press half of the oat mixture into the prepared baking pan. [Note: I used waxed paper to press and spread the mixture into the pan]. Next, carefully spread with fig mixture. Last, drop pieces of remaining oat mixture over the fig mixture so it appears crumbly and then gently pat it down [Note: I used waxed paper for this step].
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.

CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in extracts. In a separate bowl combine flour and salt. Add to the creamed mixture. Mix until combined.Spread 3 cups batter into a greased 15x10x1-in baking pan (Also works with 9x13 - baking time will be at least 35 minutes). Spread with pie filling. Drop the remaining batter by teaspoonfuls over pie filling. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients, and drizzle over cooled bars.

EASY CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 15x10 sheet pan with baking spray.
• In a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar, and salt on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, then add extracts.
• Gradually fold in flour to butter mixture until combined and dough forms.
• Press 3 cups dough into prepared pan.
• Spread with cherry pie filling covering all the dough evenly.
• Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Cool completely in pan before glazing.

CHERRY-FIG BARS

Steps:

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

WALNUT AND DRIED CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, wheat germ, cinnamon and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk together the honey, applesauce, oil, egg and egg white until well combined. Stir in the oatmeal mixture until well combined. Add the dried cherries and walnuts.
• Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
• clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Put the preserves in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. As soon as the bars come out of the oven, brush with the preserves. Cool completely and cut into 12 bars, about 4 by1 1/2 inches each.

FIG AND CHERRY COOKIE PIES

Steps:

• Prepare the pastry: Combine the flour, confectioners' sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add the egg yolks and cream, and pulse just until the dough starts to come together. Add more cream if necessary, but stop before the dough is too wet. Tip the dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap and form it into a ball, divide in two and wrap each half in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, prepare the filling: In a small saucepan, combine the figs, cherries and 1¼ cups water, and bring to a low simmer over medium heat. Cook until the figs are very soft, about 15 minutes, adding a little more water as necessary to make a moist paste. Transfer to the bowl of a food processor and add the almonds, brown sugar, rum, orange zest, cinnamon and salt, and pulse until you have a relatively smooth paste. (You should have about 1¼ cups filling.) Let cool completely.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 ball at a time, roll the dough out to ⅛-inch thickness on a very lightly floured surface. Use a 2¼-inch cookie cutter to cut out circles. Transfer the circles to the prepared baking sheet. Scoop about a scant tablespoon of filling onto half of the dough circles. Brush the edges of the filled circles with a bit of cream and top with another dough circle, gently pressing the edges to seal. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling. (If the dough becomes too soft, pop it into the fridge to firm up before continuing.) You can reroll and cut the dough scraps one time.
• Chill the pies for 10 minutes. Use a fork to crimp all of the edges. (If you'd like to neaten the edges, you can go over the cookies again with the cookie cutter.) Refrigerate the cookies for at least 30 more minutes. While the cookies chill, heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Brush the top of each cookie with cream. Bake until they're golden and crisp, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely.
• Prepare the glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, almond extract and 3 tablespoons cream. The icing should be spreadable. If it isn't, stir in another tablespoon cream. Spread a bit of the glaze on each cookie and top with sprinkles. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for a month.