Hazelnut-Fig Quick Bread

Name: Hazelnut-Fig Quick Bread
Ingredients: 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

12 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°.
2

Place hazelnuts on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes, stirring once. Turn nuts out 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 350° 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.