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Start as early as you can, it will take aprox. 1.5 hours for the dough to double its size.
Make sure your water is the correct temperature, ideally 40-46 deg C (105 deg F to 115 deg F).
If the water is too warm it will kill the yeast, too cold and the yeast will not rise correctly.

Don't try to rush things, wait for the dough to rise properly before putting it in the oven.

Kneading the Dough

Dust your work area with flour, place the dough on the surface and dust with more flour.

Start from the part of the dough closest to you and use the heel of your hands to push down and away from you.
Turn the dough 90% and take the far end of the dough and fold it in towards you.
Push it down and away from you. Repeat this process until the dough feels smooth and stretchy and no longer sticks to your fingers.

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Fig Quick Bread

Ingredients

1 cup california dried figs
2 cup sifted white flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 cup whole wheat flour
4 tbsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup sour milk
1 tsp soda
2 eggs
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation

Cover figs with boiling water, let stand 10 minutes, drain and dry on
towel. Clip stems and cut figs into thin strips. Sift white flour
with baking powder, salt and sugar. Add whole wheat flour and stir to
blend. Work butter into flour mixture. Add sour milk in which soda
has been dissolved and mix. Add beaten eggs, nuts and figs, and
beat. Pour into a paper-lined loaf pan (about 10 x 5 x 3 inches).
Bake in moderate oven (350 F.) about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Serve hot
with butter, or cool and slice very thin for tea sandwiches. Makes
excellent toast when one or two days old.

Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the
permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format
courtesy of Karen Mintzias

Servings: 1