Description
If you’re a Fig Newton fan, this homemade vegan fig bar recipe is the BEST healthy swap with a fruit-sweetened filling and buttery gluten-free crust!
Ingredients
Scale
Fig Filling
- 12oz (340g) dried mission figs
- 1 cup (240g) water
- 1 cup (240g) orange juice
SunButter Crust
- 1 1/2 cup (186g) gluten-free flour
- 3/4 cup (105g) coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup (85g) Organic SunButter
- 1/3 cup (67g) coconut oil
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 2–4 tbsp almond milk
Instructions
For the filling:
- Remove the stems from the figs and slice each in half.
- Add to a medium saucepan with the water and orange juice.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to medium and simmer 15 minutes until the figs are softened.
- Transfer to a food processor, process to a jam-like consistency.
- Refrigerate while you prep the crust.
For the crust:
- Whisk together flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add SunButter, coconut oil (melted), and vanilla.
- Mix, adding almond milk 1 tablespoon at a time until you have a cohesive ball of dough. Hands work best for mixing here.
- Press 2/3 of the dough into an 8×8″ pan lined with parchment paper. Chill the other 1/3.
- Bake 15-18 minutes at 350°F until golden around the edges.
- Roll out the remaining dough between two pieces of greased wax paper into an 8″ square. Place back in the fridge.
- Evenly spread the fig filling on top of the baked crust.
- Carefully top with the rolled out square of dough (it’s okay if it breaks, you can patch the corners!)
- Bake 25-27 minutes at 350°F.
- Cool 30 minutes, then refrigerate 4 hours.
- Slice into squares and enjoy.
Keywords: gluten free, vegan, dairy free, fig newtons, cookies, bars, fruit, nut free, healthy, homemade