Raisin Recipes

Morning glory muffins packed with grated carrot, apple, raisins, coconut, and toasted nuts. A hearty breakfast muffin loaded with goodness in every bite, ready in 50 minutes.

No-butter orange oatmeal cookies sweetened with banana, honey, and orange juice concentrate. Soft, fruity, and loaded with walnuts and golden raisins.

Old-fashioned brown sugar drop cookies with cinnamon, clove, and orange zest, studded with raisins and chopped nuts. A German-style spice cookie that yields five dozen.

Empanada meat pies stuffed with seasoned ground beef, hard-boiled egg, raisins, and green olives. A Latin American hand pie that fries or bakes for crispy, golden hand-held meals.

Old-fashioned sour cream drop cookies that bake up soft and pillowy. Versatile enough for chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, or rolled and cut into shapes.

Sauerbraten meatballs: cooked beef meatballs simmered in a tangy-sweet German-style gravy thickened with crushed gingersnaps. A 30-minute weeknight riff on the slow-braised classic.

Capirotada, a traditional Mexican bread pudding layered with bananas, raisins, peanuts, almonds, and Monterey Jack cheese, soaked in a cinnamon-clove brown sugar syrup.

Old-fashioned steamed persimmon pudding with cinnamon, rum, walnuts, and raisins. A dense, moist holiday dessert steamed for 2 hours in a pudding mold for a rich, spiced fruit pudding.

Sugar-free fruit nut muffins sweetened only with dates, raisins, and prunes boiled into a thick fruit base. Diabetic-friendly mini muffins with no added sugar.

Ginger-banana chutney simmers bananas, dates, raisins, onion, candied ginger, and cider vinegar into a jammy Indian-style relish. Pairs with curry, cold cuts, or grilled meats straight from the jar.

French cookies are easy rum-and-raisin drop cookies: dark rum-soaked raisins folded into a buttery sugar dough. Crisp edges, soft centers, and a grown-up boozy aroma.

Homestyle raisin bran muffins with real wheat bran soaked in buttermilk, brown sugar, and plump raisins. Tender, fiber-rich breakfast muffins baked in 20 minutes.

Light apple raisin crepes with an oat bran batter, part-skim ricotta and apple filling, and a warm cinnamon syrup poured over at serving. Just 178 calories per serving.

Quick bran muffins from a mix with melted butter and optional raisins. Five ingredients, minimal mixing, and ready in about 25 minutes.

Old-fashioned cranberry conserve with raisins, diced orange pulp, and chopped nuts simmered until thick and jammy. A generous holiday preserve for gifting or spreading on toast.

Southern-style country captain chicken: floured and pan-browned chicken pieces baked in a curry-spiced tomato sauce with onion, green pepper and garlic, topped with raisins and slivered almonds. A Lowcountry classic with Indian roots.