Hazelnut-Fig Quick Bread

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. Place hazelnuts on a baking sheet. Bake at 350u0b0 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 350u0b0 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.

hazelnuts, orange juice, sugar, vegetable oil, orange rind, egg, egg white, flour, baking soda, salt, cooking spray

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/hazelnut-fig-quick-bread (may not work)