Soft apple oatmeal cookies with fresh chopped apple, applesauce, raisins, honey, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon zest. Baked low and slow for a chewy, cake-like texture.
Spiced fig drop cookies with stewed figs, raisins, walnuts, allspice, and cinnamon. An old-fashioned fruit-filled cookie that stores beautifully in a tin for weeks.
Southern lemon fruitcake with pecans, raisins, candied pineapple, and maraschino cherries. Light, golden, and lemon-forward, the alternative to traditional dark fruitcake.
Authentic mincemeat from my Grandmother's recipe. Yields about 4 quarts/litres, enough to make about 4 mincemeat pies.
Coconut raisin bread made with freshly grated coconut, evaporated milk and warm cinnamon. A tender, lightly sweet quick bread that bakes into two golden loaves with chewy raisin pockets throughout.
Soft persimmon cookies studded with whiskey-soaked raisins and chopped walnuts, spiced with clove and nutmeg. A late-fall holiday cookie that uses ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp.
Homemade meatless mincemeat with green tomatoes, tart apples, raisins, currants, and warm spices. Heritage holiday filling for pies and tarts. Freezes for months.
Hungarian cheesecake with sieved cottage cheese, sour cream, and lemon zest in a homemade pastry crust, layered with pineapple and raisins. A European-style baked cheesecake.
Easy recipe as refrigerated biscuits are used instead of making a dough.
Molasses bran bread with whole wheat flour, buttermilk, and raisins. A no-yeast quick bread with deep molasses flavor, high fiber, and easy variations for oatmeal or carrot cake.
Sugar-free vegetarian mincemeat with ground apples, whole citrus, raisins, currants, and warm holiday spices. No refined sugar, no meat. Makes enough for two pies and cans or freezes beautifully.
Sugar-free vegetarian mincemeat with ground apples, whole citrus, raisins, currants, and warm holiday spices. No refined sugar, no meat. Makes enough for two pies and cans or freezes beautifully.
Fruitcake cookies packed with candied pineapple, cherries, golden raisins, and toasted pecans, spiked with brandy and warm spices. All the holiday flavor, none of the doorstop.
The fruity and scrumptious taste of this bread makes it perfect for a summer breakfast.
Spiced apple and green tomato chutney with raisins, curry powder, and pickling spices for sweet-tangy condiment perfect with roasted meats and cheese boards.
Moist spice cake loaded with four cups of chopped apples, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg, baked in a sugar-dusted pan until the fruit turns tender and sweet.