Fig and Anise Bread Recipe
September 12th, 2008 by chuck
What a stunning September we are having here in Vancouver this year. I think the weather has been nicer in September than it was in August. We decided to go for a drive to West Vancouver for a little site seeing, shopping and just to enjoy the sunshine. After all, winters right around the corner and it will be nothing but rain, rain and more rain. So we have to take advantage of this gorgeous sun while we can.
We stopped at a few little home boutiques than ended up at the Whole Foods Market, as soon as we walked into the store there was a bunch of these sweet, tantalizing figs. Figs are something I don’t eat very often but I love the flavor and always have to get a few fresh ones when I can. As soon as I saw them I decided to make a Fig and Anise bread for the blog this week. Now, you can’t really use fresh figs in a kneaded bread. They would become mush when you knead them into the dough. So, you will have to use dried figs for this recipe. For me I prefer the Dark Mission figs in my bread. A lot of people feel the mission figs are to sweet and prefer the Calimyrna fig. Not me! I love the sweetness of the figs and the wonderful licorice flavor of the anise seeds. This Fig and Anise bread is very delicious and perfect as a dessert bread with a cup of fresh coffee.
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What a gorgeous loaf of bread! So unique.
This looks amazing!
Yeah, it’s a stretch of good weather this September, but then, we really had quite a sad August.
Interesting, delicious and very original! An autumnal loaf with character!
Cheers,
Rosa
The photos are gorgeous! Seriously, just beautiful and the bread a beautiful loaf! Wow, so impressive.
I love both figs and anise seed. Cannot wait to make this bread! And I bet it smells absolutely delicious while baking!
Thanks for such an original recipe.
What a nice recipe and delicious pictures! Love your Blog and I am a regular reader.
tell me; what camera & lens are you using?
Kind Regards from Dubai, Chris
What a beautiful bread! It could definitely give me the opportunity to try figs again, and I’m thinking that I just may prefer them baked in something like this. Thanks for the tip on using dried instead. I’m wondering that if you made jam with the figs, then used it in this, would that work? Curious. Gorgeous photography…
gorgeous colors in the fig photo!
wow. that is an amazing sounding flavor combination! Good Job!
That first picture looks like the bread has sad eyes!! I want to hug it (or actually, chow down on it!)
I’ve been longing to make an anise bread. We don’t get figs here but I’m nevertheless going to make this.
fig and anise? what a delectable combination!
I love the hidden figs in the bread…like little jewels ready to be found and eaten!
lovely, stunning photography!
Thanks so much for leaving a comment in my blog so that I can discover yours! I’m amazed!!!! Starting with the pictures, the blog, the design… beautiful
This figs bread is something I should try… but never ever baked bread before and I’m a little “scared”. I know that I would love it though!
Looks so delicious! Wish my wife will bake for me.
This bread looks & sounds fabulous. Love the figs hidden within this loaf…what a tasteful surprise!
The bread is beautiful! And I sure it tasted amazing! I love figs and anise together.
P.S. It looks like we are neighbors. I live in White Rock
It’s pretty darn nice here too. Too nice, really. I’m ready for a little fall weather
This looks like a good one. I’ve recently become accustomed to eating fresh figs, so I might like to give dried figs a shot too.
What a divine recipe! You are an inspired (and inspiring) baker. Thank you for sharing it with us. The recipe cards make it a lot easier too – good idea!
oh my… stunning photos and the bread… oh those figs…
I’ve never tried a fig bread… It must be delicious!
Your pictures are beautiful!!
Figs and Anise. Great combination! I want a piece toasted please?
Oh that looks incredible! My fiancé adores Figs, but I’ve never purchased or dealt with them at all. A loaf like this makes me WANT to!
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hey Chuck, i couldn’t agree more. for the past 2 weeks, Sept has been a great month than Aug here too. though now the clouds are coming back and the temp has dropped quite a bit, makes me want to eat lots of comfort food
i miss vancouver, van dusen garden is my fave place to go during any season of the year!
Wow – have to try this. Never got round to sourdough though….