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Fig and Pepper Bread (Recipe from FIRST FROST)

Ever since I read First Frost, I’ve wanted to make the Fig and Pepper Bread that Claire Waverley bakes for her town's First Frost festival. The bread is eagerly anticipated by her family and friends as one of autumn's first pleasures, and while I was skeptical about the unusual combo of flavors, I was more intrigued than anything else. I got to the end of the novel, and I was delighted to find…the recipe for the much-discussed Fig and Pepper...