What’s your favorite on the go snack? My go to is a delicious DIY Peanut Butter or Almond Butter bar, smeared with some nut butter and fig jam on top. My favorite is Nutsola DIY Superfood Peanut Butter Bar (check out my Shop My Favorites for a 15% off code). But you could pick up any Paleo / Gluten friendly bar for this.

I love figs. My kids love figs. So instead of buying sugar and preservative laden fig jam at the store, I decided to make my own. And let me tell you, it tastes so fresh and delicious you will never go back to store bought! The recipe is super simple and has no refined sugar. I used only the sweetness of the figs with just a little extra coconut sugar. Better yet, I used dried mission figs so that you can make it year round.

mission fig jam bars — *The bite shot. Makes a great breakfast or snack on the go!*

This jam is delicious on toast, bars, stirred into oatmeal or another hot cereal and swirled into desserts such as cookies or fruit bars. It’s definitely worth making so that you have a jar in the fridge you can pull out at any time.

Here are some of my favorite ways to use up a jar of jam:

The best homemade fig jam — *The perfect jam*

Spread over a paleo bar with some extra nut butter
Spread over cream cheese or another soft white cheese and serve with crackers at a party
Stir into plain yogurt
Add some to a pan sauce for meat (yum!)
Make fig jam stuffed french toast
Spread some on a grilled cheese for that sweet salty combo
Warm it up and pour over vanilla ice cream
Use it to make cookies or fruit bars
Fill crepes with it
Turn it into a balsamic glaze for steak or chicken
Stir it into a crumb cake
Put it on top of oatmeal or hot cereal
Use it on top of gluten free biscuits

Ok enough talking, let’s get cooking!

Super simple recipe below:

Homemade Fig Jam

Easy to make year round and refined sugar free!

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Total Time 15

Course Snack

Ingredients

6 oz dried mission figs
1 cup water
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Instructions

Boil figs and coconut sugar in water in a small saucepan for 10 minutes.
Place softened figs and water in a high powered blender with the remaining ingredients. Blend on high speed until smooth. Add a bit of water at a time until it is the consistency of jam. Store in the refrigerator.