Lemon Fig Quick Bread
Back to listIngredients:
- 1/2 cup fig preserves
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon lemon infused olive oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 5 small dried figs coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups flour
Steps:
- Mix fig preserves
- yogurt
- and milk together
- Whisk the eggs
- and blend into the milk mixture
- Add cooled butter and olive oil
- then mix in sugar
- Toss the chopped figs into a small amount of flour
- and mix into mixture
- followed by baking soda and salt
- Mix in flour; this should produce a thick but still loose batter
- like for muffins or cornbread
- Pour into a greased and floured 8x4 loaf pan and bake at 350f for 25 minutes Turn pan at this point
- and bake for a minimum of 25 more minutes Loaf is done when a sharp knife stuck into the top comes out clean
- Rest loaf in pan on cake rack for 30 to 45 minutes
- then turn out and allow to cool completely
- If you cannot find lemon infused olive oil
- use a tablespoon of regular olive oil and the zest of one lemon