Fig Date Bread

¾ cup brown rice flour

½ cup potato starch

¼ cup tapioca flour

2 tsp xanthan gum

½ cup honey or maple syrup

2 tbsp flaxseed, ground (and 6 tbsp water)

2 cups dried figs and dates, chopped (whatever proportions you’d like)

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 ½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

1 ½ cup water

Optional: ½ cup pecans, walnuts, or chocolate chips.

In a medium sized bowl, combine the figs and dates, coconut oil, baking soda, baking powder and water.  Microwave this mixture on high for 2 or 3 minutes, stirring in between.  This process softens the dried fruits; it’s usually done my boiling water and letting it sit and soak but this is way more time consuming than the microwave and in my opinion it works just as well.  Let this mixture sit for about 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine the ground flaxseed and water and microwave in 30 second increments stirring the mixture in between until you achieve the consistency of eggs.

In a larger bowl, combine all the flours, gum, sugar and flaxseed. Add the date mixture and then pour into a greased 9”x 5” pan or two smaller pans.  Bake at 350 for about an hour.