California Fig & Goat Cheese Squares

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California Fig & Goat Cheese Squares

Bar cookies usually swing sweet, but fig goat cheese squares marry savory and sweet. Add California Fig Goat Cheese Squares to a cheese plate.

Course: Dessert

Keyword: Fig Goat Cheese, Fig Goat Cheese Squares

Calories: 3409kcal

Ingredients

2 cups Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs
1 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup walnuts toasted, chopped
1 1/3 cup Robin Hood® Nutri™ Flour Blend
1/2 cup brown sugar packed
1/2 tsp Windsor® Kosher Salt
1/2 cup butter chilled and cut into small pieces
2 cups goat cheese room temperature
2 eggs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease or line a 9” x 13” (3 L) baking dish with parchment paper.
Combine figs, water and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook 5 minutes or until figs are tender. Cool slightly.
Place fig mixture in a food processor or blender; process until smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts. Reserve.
Combine flour, brown sugar and salt in bowl. Stir to combine. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture in prepared baking dish.
Gently spread fig mixture over prepared crust.
Beat goat cheese and eggs until smooth. Spread over fig mixture.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until set. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

Tips
Add 1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh rosemary to goat cheese mixture. This makes a great hors d’oeuvre.
For a sweeter taste beat ½ cup (125 mL) sugar and 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla into the goat cheese mixture.

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