Fig Bread

Memories are made of this – Her Mom’s Beulah Turner fig bread

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 2/3 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cooking oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup fig preserves (blended -chopped)

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Lightly grease and flour a 9x13 pan.

Step 3

Mix together the dry ingredients - flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, including the nuts

Step 4

Add the remaining ingredients - eggs, cooking oil, water and the fig preserves. Mix well.

Step 5

Bake 350 degrees approximately one hour or until center of bread springs back.



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