fig newton sweet bread

i baked a loaf last week and ryan and i did not like it at all. gillian liked it, but she may have just been trying to be nice about it. it was a blueberry grits loaf. i love blueberry and grits and loaf, and the grits taste amazing before i baked it into a loaf, but i just was not feeling the results. so, i decided to bake another loaf. this time it's a fig newton sweet bread loaf. it is soooo good and def makes up for that last loaf. if you love fig newtons you HAVE got to try this. i never thought about baking a loaf with cookies in it. ok, maybe i THOUGHT about it, but i didn't think it would work. i know fig newtons are just fruit surrounded by a cookie layer, but maybe i can try other cookies in this loaf like oreos or chips ahoy. or those keebler fudge stripe cookies. mmm those fuckin keebler fudge stripe cookies...anyways this loaf is da bomb. even though there is only 2 tablespoons of butter in the swirl, the cake itself taste pretty buttery. dunno how that happened but butter = yummy.


1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients together. Put in a loaf pan.

Filling
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter
10 Fig Newtons

Crumble together and swirl into the batter with a knife to marbleize. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour 45 minutes. (the recipe states to bake 1 hour 45 minutes but i think it actually meant 45-1 hour cuz i baked it for 1 hour and that was more than enough time)