Raisin Recipes

Bread pudding loaded with pecans, raisins, and chopped apple, baked in a spiced custard and drowned in a rich bourbon butter sauce. A classic New Orleans-style dessert.

A lighter, golden fruitcake with apricots, golden raisins, candied orange peel, and walnuts in a buttery brandy batter. Baked in decorative molds for a gorgeous holiday centerpiece.

Canterbury jumbles: chewy, generously loaded drop cookies with shredded coconut, macadamia nuts, raisins, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. The everything-but-the-kitchen-sink cookie that lives up to its name.

Capirotada, the traditional Mexican bread pudding layered with cheese, raisins, and a warm cinnamon-clove syrup. A Lenten dessert that's sweet, savory, and spiced all at once.

Vegetarian curry with black-eyed peas, kidney beans, sautéed bananas, and apple in a spiced yogurt sauce. Served over rice with peanuts and cilantro.

Classic chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with raisins, walnuts, and a hint of cinnamon. Brown sugar and butter-flavored shortening keep them soft and bendy long after they cool.

Mexican-spiced chicken braised with chorizo sausage, vegetables, and raisins in tomato-chili broth. A hearty one-pot dinner garnished with fresh orange slices that bring out the sweetness.

A spiced chocolate apple bundt cake with diced green apples, currants, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, finished with a brandy-cinnamon glaze. Moist, warmly spiced, and perfect for fall baking.

Made with ground beef, pine nuts, almonds and chestnuts, this stuffing is perfect for any holiday you celebrate!

Christmas Lizzies are boozy Southern fruitcake cookies loaded with candied cherries, raisins, dates, pecans, and citrus zest, soaked in whiskey. Make them weeks ahead and drizzle with spirits to age.

Classic bran muffins made with buttermilk-soaked wheat bran, brown sugar, and raisins or dates. Tender, moist, and high in fiber with a golden domed top.

Classic gugelhupf is a yeasted Austrian bundt cake studded with raisins, ground almonds, and lemon zest. Soft, slightly sweet, and built for coffee and an afternoon visit.

Italian country spice cake (torta speziata): cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves with raisins plumped in warm water and a hit of brewed espresso in the batter.

Old-fashioned sour cream raisin pie with a spiced custard filling of cinnamon and cloves tucked inside a flaky double crust. A Midwestern classic that bakes up golden and bubbly in under an hour.

Soft, buttery Cracker Barrel-style raisin cookies with sour cream, brown sugar, nutmeg, and plump soaked raisins. A nostalgic copycat recipe that tastes just like the original.

Keep your crockpot busy with this delicious cake that's perfect for a Christmas party!