So, yes, we are overwhelmed with figs this year. I have been looking for a good fig recipe and when I saw this one for fresh fig bars, I thought it looked perfect. #1 I am clearly trying to perfect the fruit bar dessert this summer (blueberry & strawberry bars have already been made & were devoured shortly thereafter) and #2 the recipe called for four cups of chopped fresh figs & I thought that sounded like a lot, right? So I was hoping to put a major dent in my slowly-rotting fig stash.
Well, four cups is not a lot. Not really. And the recipe also called for 3 cups of oats, 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of honey and 2 sticks (entire sticks!) of butter, among several other ingredients. Plus you have to boil & reduce the figs & syrup for 90 minutes before you can assemble with the crust and then bake the whole thing. My gosh, this recipe took hours to make, literally. By the time I was finished, I was soaked with sweat (Do you think there is something wrong with some one who loves to bake in the summer? In ALABAMA?) In addition, my feet were hurting and I was exhausted from the mountain of dishes. These bars were truly a labor of love: for baked goods, for figs, for the process of baking, and for my intended recipients.
BUT it did make a 9x13 pan’s worth of treats and I thought that would be perfect – we could eat some and both have enough to take to work & share. But then I sliced the first one and found….a hair! My hair, actually in the bar. 
Bring your stretchy pants!
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