Home again, home again, figgity fig

After a little search on the internet, D and I found a recipe for fig bread that we tried last night. We left out the dates, but we can add them next time. And there will definitely be a next time. This bread is full of figgy goodness, scrumptious all by itself. We couldn't wait till breakfast to taste-test our experiment (the aroma was too tempting), so we sliced off a piece to share as a midnight snack.
Surprisingly, the Splenda we substituted for sugar did not dry out the bread (probably because it was proportionally small to the rest of the ingredients). I attempted to make brownies from scratch with Splenda and got a much chewier result than I had anticipated (that recipe asked for a lot of sugar relative to anything else). Something to remember for future trials. D has reactive hypoglycemia, so I'm constantly on the lookout for ways to make goodies that he normally can't eat much of.

We have a few figs left, so we'll use them on pizza this weekend (another recipe that made us hungry). It is so unusual having two people to cook for. We're actually planning meals before we go grocery shopping! The variety is very welcome. When you're cooking for one, bulk items that produce lots of leftovers (casseroles, soups) are easier, but you eventually do get tired of the same thing day after day.