Recipes with raisins, seedless

A staple at English boarding schools, these individual cakes are served with afternoon tea. They don't keep well; after a day they take on the characteristics of "rocks".

Old-fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies with walnuts, warm cinnamon and clove, and sour milk for tenderness. Crisp golden edges, soft chewy centers, and the kind of nostalgic flavor that beats any bakery version.

Cinnamon Zucchini Raisin Bread: a double-spiced loaf with cinnamon, nutmeg, plump raisins, and chopped nuts folded through tender zucchini batter. Two-loaf yield for sharing.

Maraschino pecan bread for the bread machine studded with cherries, raisins, pecans, and sunflower seeds, spiced with cinnamon and ginger. A festive, fruit-and-nut loaf.

Try these fruit cake bars instead of fruit bread, they are very handy and delicious, also they are great gifts at Thanksgiving or Christmas!

Soft, spiced drop cookies loaded with chopped fresh apples, raisins, and nuts, then finished with a simple vanilla glaze. An old-fashioned fall cookie with a cake-like bite and warm spice flavor.

Spiced peach nut bread with canned peaches (or apricots), warm cloves, raisins, and chopped nuts. A moist quick bread loaf using the canning syrup as part of the liquid for extra flavor.

Irish soda bread with raisins, caraway seeds, buttermilk, and sour cream baked in a round pan. A tender, slightly sweet no-yeast loaf with a buttery crumb.

Pan de jamon is the Venezuelan Christmas bread: a soft, butter-rich dough rolled around ham, smoked bacon, olives, and raisins, then baked into a golden spiral loaf.

Austrian Gugelhupf is a buttery yeasted bundt cake studded with raisins, currants, and orange zest, crowned with blanched almonds and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. A Viennese coffee house classic.

Classic double-crust apple pie enriched with honey, raisins, and pecans. Cinnamon-sugar coated apples in a buttery pastry. Golden lattice top.

Soft, pillowy homemade cinnamon rolls with a buttery brown sugar filling, raisins, and pecans, finished with powdered sugar glaze. Make them overnight or same-day. Includes an apple cinnamon variation.

Slow-simmered kumquat chutney with rhubarb, fresh ginger, raisins, and warm spices. A complex sweet-tart preserve that cans beautifully for gifting.

A massive batch cookie recipe loaded with oats, raisins, pecans, butterscotch chips, and maple syrup. Makes dozens and dozens of chewy, buttery cookies for bake sales, holidays, and gifting.

Make-Ahead: Baked Curried Beef and Sweet Potatoes recipe

Loaded with fruit, a classic version of Christmas fruitcake