Hazelnut-Fig Quick Bread

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Hazelnut-Fig Quick Bread

 

Recipe By : Cooking Light, March 1999

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Bread

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/3 cup hazelnuts

3/4 cup fresh orange juice

1 cup chopped dried figs

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 tablespoon grated orange rind

1 large egg

1 large egg white

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

cooking spray

 

1. Preheat oven to 350ø.

 

2. Place hazelnuts on a baking sheet. Bake at 350ø for 15 minutes,

stirring once. Turn nuts onto a towel. Roll up towel; rub off skins. Chop

nuts.

 

3. Bring orange juice to a boil; pour over figs in a bowl. Let stand 15

minutes. Combine sugar, oil, rind, egg, and egg white; stir well with a

whisk. Stir into fig mixture.

 

4. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center

of mixture. Add fig mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.

Spoon batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle

with nuts. Bake at 350ø for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in

center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from

pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Yield: 12 servings.

 

Calories 178 (27% from fat); Fat 5.4g (sat 0.8g, mono 2.7g, poly 1.5g);

Protein 3.4g; Carb 30.4g; Fiber 2.6g; Chol 18mg; Iron 1.2mg; Sodium 218mg;

Calc 31mg

 

Converted by MC_Buster. KES_02 Apr 99

 

 

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