Fruit recipe collection

Favourite sour cream apple pie tosses tart apples in a vanilla sour cream custard, then crowns it with a crunchy walnut-cinnamon sugar topping. No butter in the topping means a cleaner, crispier nut crust.

Sour cream pound cake bakes a tall, dense Bundt-style cake with a tangy crumb from a full cup of sour cream. Vanilla and lemon extract carry the flavor, with optional coconut for chew.

Sour cream raisin and nut pie cooks in a double boiler with tangy sour cream, plump raisins, cinnamon, clove, and chopped nuts, topped with a torched meringue. Old-fashioned prairie pie classic.

Old-fashioned sour cream raisin pie with chopped raisins folded into a tangy custard finished with nutmeg and a touch of lemon juice. Serves equally well warm, at room temperature, or chilled the next day.

Strawberry daiquiri pie, a cool no-bake dessert with a creamy cream cheese and condensed milk filling spiked with strawberry daiquiri mix and rum extract, all in a graham cracker crust. Chill or freeze for a breezy summer slice.

Vegan oatmeal cookies sweetened with date sugar and sorghum syrup, no butter or eggs required. Soft, chewy, and packed with rolled oats, raisins, and cinnamon. Yields 60 cookies.

Washington apple cake packed with three cups of fresh chopped apples and crunchy walnuts, warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. An oil-rich, ultra-moist tube cake served with a cloud of sweetened whipped cream.

Soft pumpkin cookies loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, raisins, and walnuts. A big-batch holiday cookie with warm spice flavor in every cakey bite.

Friendship cake bakes brandied fermented fruit starter into a tender tube cake with golden raisins, nuts, and orange extract. The classic 30-day starter dessert passed kitchen to kitchen.

Festive cherry bread with maraschino cherries, flaked coconut, and chopped nuts. A sweet holiday quick bread made with cherry juice for extra flavor. Makes two loaves.

Festive cranberry loaf studded with tart cranberries and walnuts, brightened with fresh orange juice and zest. A classic holiday quick bread that slices best the next day.

Festive fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, pineapple, raisins, and brazil nuts with vanilla and almond extract. All the flavors of fruit cake in a quick drop cookie.

Festive holiday fruitcake loaded with pecans, candied pineapple, dates, golden raisins, and candied citrus peel. Laced with orange liqueur and aged up to three weeks.

Orange rice pilaf cooked in fresh orange juice with orange zest, celery, thyme, and sauteed onions. A bright, citrusy side dish that pairs with poultry, pork, and holiday roasts.

Fiery shrimp curry with a lemongrass, ginger, and chili paste simmered in coconut milk, lime juice, and mirin. A quick Southeast Asian-style dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Fig and cherry cobbler with dried figs, cherry pie filling, cinnamon, and drop biscuit topping. A bubbly, old-fashioned fruit cobbler that starts hot and finishes at moderate heat.