Medjool dates and kadota figs

[Airehead]

Together will make some excellent cookies for Mr Aire’s lunch. I forgot the filling takes about two hours to simmer. Oops. Now I have to mind the pot instead of unpacking the garage stuff 

[late]

Need recipe...

[Airehead]

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ripe fresh figs (I use one pound figs and one pound dates but have done all figs or all dates too)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar or less but you need some to thicken filling
• 3/4 cup (3/8 lb.) butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Step 1

Rinse figs and trim and discard stem and blossom ends. Coarsely chop figs. In a 3- to 4-quart pan over medium heat, stir figs, lemon juice, and granulated sugar until mixture is thick and reduced to about 2 cups, about 45 minutes. Chill uncovered until cool, about 1 1/2 hours, or cover and chill up to 2 days.

Step 2

In a bowl, with an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, and oats. Stir or beat into butter mixture (dough will be crumbly).  I throw it all into the first bowl because it comes out fine. 

Step 3

Press half the dough evenly over the bottom of a buttered 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Spread fig/date mixture evenly over dough. Crumble remaining dough evenly over fig mixture; pat lightly.

Step 4

Bake in a 400° oven until streusel is lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Place pan on a rack to cool for about 10 minutes. While still warm, cut into 24 bars. Let cool completely in pan.

 

 

 

 

[Airehead]

Serve warm with vanilla bean ice cream or freeze and put into lunch boxes. 

[Square Wheels]

I cannot keep those dates in the house, they are just too awesome to eat.

[Airehead]

17 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

I cannot keep those dates in the house, they are just too awesome to eat.

I ration them. One in my lunch til gone. The fresh figs are pretty durn good too right now. 

[Dottleshead ★]

Dates are greats

[late]

Wow, complete with pics, thanks.

[Kirby]

Mr Aire is a lucky man!   Although I initially read this thread as "Magical Dates" which would have made even more fun cookies!

[Wilbur ★]

1 minute ago, Kirby said:

Mr Aire is a lucky man!

Yes, he is! 

[Page Turner]

24 minutes ago, Kirby said:

Although I initially read this thread as "Magical Dates" which would have made even more fun cookies!

...when are you going to tell @AirwickWithCheese about your checkered hippie past ?