A classic fruit layer bar that highlights rich fig filling.
Ingredients
Filling:
12 ounces dried figs, stemmed and roughly chopped
1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
½ walnuts, chopped
⅓ cup water
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Crust/Topping:
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
1¾ cups rolled oats
1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
cinnamon for topping
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For the fig filling, use a medium-sized saucepan and combine the figs, sugar, walnuts, water and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugar has melted and filling slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
For the crust/topping, use either a standing or hand-held mixer and cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla,cinnamon, salt, rolled oats and flour. Mix until just blended.
Butter a glass baking dish, either a 7½ X 12-inch or 9 X 13-inch, and pat ⅔ of the crust mixture into the bottom of it.
Spread the fig filling evenly over the crust.
Using your fingers, drop small crumbles of topping over the filling. Sprinkle with a final dusting of cinnamon.
Bake 25-30 minutes until topping has turned light brown. Cool before cutting into bars.
Recipe by Liz The Chef at https://lizthechef.com/fig-layer-bars/