Butter Fig Bar Cookies

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Name	Butter Fig Bar Cookies
Category	American, Cakes & Pastries, Desserts
Serves/Yields	About 16 bars
Source	Elsie's Friend
Difficulty	Easy
Prep. Time	30 minutes
Cook Time	Approx 1 hour total
Introduction
	I asked for this recipe after tasting them at a birthday party I took my senior friend Elsie Hogue to. These bars are wonderful, buttery and rich.I didn't get the lady's name but I thank her for this delicious recipe.She writes "When figs are in season, you can make this filling and freeze it. "
Ingredients
	Filling: 20 figs or enough to make 4 cups chopped 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup granulated_ sugar 1 tsp ground_cinnamon Crust and topping 3/4 cup soft butter 1 cup brown_sugar 1 3/4 cups all_purpose_flour 1/2 tsp baking_soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cup oatmeal 1 cup chopped nuts .
Directions
Step: 1	Wash, remove stems and chop figs. Combine figs, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon in a large heavy bottomed sauce pan.Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer , stirring frequently until reduced to 2 cups. Cool fruit mixture.
Step: 2	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and add to the creamed mixture. Stir in oatmeal and nuts. Mix well.
Step: 3	Press 1/2 of the crumb mixture in a 9x 13 inch baking pan. Spread fig mixture over crusts. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over the fruit mixture and gently press in. Bake at 350 degrees - 20 to 25 minutes or until top crumbles are golden brown. Chill throughly before cutting into squares.

Time submitted: Sunday, July 09. 2006 at 08:00:49
Contributed By: Kate

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