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Dried Fig Recipes

Appetizers

This devils on horseback recipe is an easy appetizer. For the devil on horseback recipe, California dried figs brings the sweetness.

Fig Devils on Horseback Recipe

A goat cheese log appetizer is holiday-ready—the goat cheese log recipe with figs + hazelnut-nigella dukkah is an easy make-ahead appetizer.

Fig Goat Cheese Log Recipe with Hazelnut-Nigella Dukkah

Fig and pumpkin crackers are seedy, chewy, and great with cheese. Try the fig and pumpkin crackers recipe for the holidays.

Seeded Fig and Pumpkin Crackers Recipe

Cheesy with flecks of fig and bacon, this tater tot casserole is about everything you could want in a side dish with crunchy potatoes at the center.

Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole Recipe with Figs + Bacon

Breads

Golden Fig monkey bread is the special occasion bake for memorable mornings. Pull-apart croissant monkey bread is full of flaky layers.

Fig Croissant Monkey Bread

Focaccia with olives, figs, and thyme will be a favorite of the bread. Try this technique making potato focaccia for the best texture.

Fig Focaccia with Olives + Thyme

Cinnamon star bread on wire rack with Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid Golden Figs on the side in a bowl

Sparkling Golden Fig Cinnamon Star Bread Recipe with Ginger

A loaf of fig challah bread with fig challah buns

Mission Fig Challah Buns + Bread

Breakfast

Fig Pistachio Croissants are a special breakfast that brings the bakery home. Learn how. Make fig pistachio filling for croissants easily.

Fig Pistachio Croissants

Chai spiced pre-portioned baked oatmeal on a wire rack with a bag of Sun-Maid Golden Figs

Chai Spiced Fig Baked Oatmeal Cups

Bring the bakery home with fig and honey cream cheese breakfast pastries. Using puff pastry makes these flaky morning treats a cinch to bake.

Fig and Honey Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries

Chock full of wholesome goodness like dried figs, morning glory muffins serve up great mornings. Bake a tray of this carrot muffin recipe today.

Morning Glory Muffins with Figs

Cheese Plates

A goat cheese log appetizer is holiday-ready—the goat cheese log recipe with figs + hazelnut-nigella dukkah is an easy make-ahead appetizer.

Fig Goat Cheese Log Recipe with Hazelnut-Nigella Dukkah

Fig and pumpkin crackers are seedy, chewy, and great with cheese. Try the fig and pumpkin crackers recipe for the holidays.

Seeded Fig and Pumpkin Crackers Recipe

Applesauce and mashed bananas are familiar fat replacers in baking. Discover how to make fig puree for a new way to lower fat and increase nutrition.

How to Make Fig Puree | Fat Replacers in Baking

Pass on the cheese plate & plan on an antipasto platter. Adding dried fig relish to a charcuterie board with nuts & cheese is so much better!

Charcuterie Board with Dried Fig Relish

Desserts

Candy Buckeyes | Fig Almond Butter Buckeye Recipe

Candy Buckeyes | Fig Almond Butter Buckeye Recipe

This Frozen Greek yogurt bark recipe couldn't be any easier. We use labne—a creamy kefir cheese for the best texture, topped with figs.

Honey Fig Labne Frozen Greek Yogurt Bark

Fig Peanut Butter Brownie Cups

Fig Peanut Butter Brownie Cups

Fig Pudding Recipe(Incir Uyutmasi)

Fig Pudding Recipe(Incir Uyutmasi)

Drinks

Two cups of fig lassi, a Yogurt drink with figs on a table surrounded by Golden Figs.

Fig Lassi

Fig holiday coffee creamer in a creamer receptacle, a coffee pot, coffee mug, bowl of oatmeal topped with Fig Milk Jam, next to a jar of Fig Milk Jam, by Golden Dried Figs on a marble counter.

Fig Holiday Coffee Creamer

Brown ale recipes bring caramel and subtle chocolate characteristics to the brew. Figs add a touch of sweetness in this Fig Brown Ale recipe.

Fig Brown Ale Recipe

Fig Mead: Honey Fig Wine

Fig Mead: Honey Fig Wine

Entrees

A bowl of ravioli with fig and goat cheese filling inside

Fig and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Brown Butter

One taste of pasta with pumpkin and sage figs and it will become part of your fall repertoire. Don't miss the vegan pumpkin pasta sauce.

Vegan Pumpkin Pasta Sauce Shells with Sage Figs

For Rosh Hashanah make this braised brisket recipe inspired by Leah Koenig's mother with a twist of adding in dried apricots and dried figs.

Braised Brisket Recipe with Apricots and Figs

Hummus with lamb + figs in spices brings the chickpea spread into mealtime. Also, find ideas for the best things to dip in hummus.

Hummus with Lamb + Spiced Figs

Healthy Snacks

Close up of golden fig energy balls with carrot.

Carrot Cake Energy Balls with Golden Figs

Fruit leather—dehydrator not necessary. This four-ingredient fig fruit jerky can be made in your oven for a do-it-yourself natural fruit roll-up snack

Fig Fruit Leather (Dehydrator Not Required)

Chocolate bliss balls are a snack that won't wreck your afternoon. Have you tried dried fig bliss balls? These healthy bliss balls satisfy your sweet tooth.

Fudgy Chocolate Dried Fig Bliss Balls

Pistachio Fig Coins with Rose Water Recipe

Pistachio Fig Coins with Rose Water Recipe

Holidays

Golden Fig monkey bread is the special occasion bake for memorable mornings. Pull-apart croissant monkey bread is full of flaky layers.

Fig Croissant Monkey Bread

For Rosh Hashanah make this braised brisket recipe inspired by Leah Koenig's mother with a twist of adding in dried apricots and dried figs.

Braised Brisket Recipe with Apricots and Figs

Golden Fig Mooncakes - credit Becca Du

Golden Fig Mooncakes

Maamoul is a pressed cookies recipe with dates eaten during Eid. Try our fig filled cookie recipe and learn how to bake fig maamoul.

Fig Maamoul Pressed Cookies Recipe

Jams + Spreads

Make sugar free applesauce at home to know what is going in no sugar applesauce. Figs add natural sweetness to unsweetened applesauce.

Fig Unsweetened Applesauce

The sweetness of mission dried figs and tartness of pomegranate combine in fig and pomegranate jam. Try it as a condiment or on toast.

Mission Fig and Pomegranate Jam

This mini baked brie recipe is ready to party. Brie bites with crescent rolls & fig thyme jam are two-bite appetizers perfect for happy hour.

Baked Brie Bites with Crescent Rolls & Fig Thyme Jam

Dessert for breakfast? With our fig cocoa spread recipe, try it on toast or as filling in decadent fig jam tarts. Make fig spread at home with dried figs.

Cocoa Fig Spread + Fig Jam Tarts

Salads

Chickpea feta salad with dried figs is tossed in a warm lemon dressing that's perfect with bitter greens like escarole, chicory, or frisee.

Bitter Greens, Carrot, and Chickpea Salad with Warm Lemon Dressing

This farro salad recipe with figs makes a healthy side dish or light main. It's nutty and chewy, nutritious, and delicious.

Farro Salad Recipe with Figs + Radicchio

Salad with cannellini beans is a plant-based meal for picnics. Make a bowl of cannellini bean salad with red peppers and figs for your next outdoor meal.

Red Pepper + Fig Salad with Cannellini Beans

Salad with beets and goat cheese is a classic. Our warm lentil salad with roasted beets and plump agro-dolce figs is a meatless meal to love.

Warm Lentil Salad with Beets + Balsamic Figs

Sandwiches

Fig grilled cheese but make it just a little spicy! One bite of our jalapeño cream cheese grilled cheese sandwich with figs will make this a new go-to!

Fig Jalapeno Cream Cheese Grilled Cheese

Make gourmet grilled cheese at home with easy balsamic fig jam. When you make grilled cheese with mayo the bread gets golden and crisp.

Balsamic Fig Jam Grilled Cheese with Mayo

Making jam with brown sugar is easy and delicious in a California Fig jam with black pepper that adds a bit of spice to this hot turkey sandwich recipe.

Simple Turkey Sandwich Recipe with Black Pepper California Fig Jam

Healthy Curry Chicken Salad Sandwich with Figs

Healthy Curry Chicken Salad Sandwich with Figs

Side Dishes

A serving bowl of wild rice dressing with figs set on a grey background

Savory Fig + Wild Rice Dressing | Side Dishes for Diabetics

Quinoa side dish recipes add extra protein on the plate. Top with toasted pine nuts & dried figs for a Cook's Country quinoa side dish recipe that's a keeper.

Quinoa Side Dish Recipe with Golden Figs & Toasted Pine Nuts

This zippy cauliflower salad with grated carrot and figs is tossed in chermoula sauce. It's the kind of salad perfect for cook-outs and picnics.

Cauliflower, Figs & Grated Carrot in Chermoula Sauce

Quinoa is naturally gluten-free so it's a good substitute for grains full of gluten, if you have a food allergy in your family or friends joining you at your seder.

Passover Side Dish: Fig, Almond & Mint Quinoa Salad with Lemon Honey Vinaigrette

Soups

Have you ever tried dried figs for soup? This acorn squash soup recipe taste like autumn. Serve in acorn squash bowls for a festive look.

Acorn Squash Soup Recipe with Apples + Dried Figs for Soup

The best chili recipe to make with leftover Thanksgiving turkey is this Texas chili recipe. Thickened with dried figs, you can also use ground meat too.

Turkey Chili with Figs

We love how harissa spices up fig soup. This Harissa Soup with Golden Figs is an unexpectedly delicious way to warm up in the winter.

Harissa-Spiced Golden California Fig and Chicken Soup

The classic beef stew recipe gets reimagined with Mediterranean flavors of dried figs, olives, and red wine for the best beef stew.

Mediterranean Beef Stew with California Figs, Red Wine and Olives