Dessert Recipes

Pumpkin cookies sweeten with honey instead of refined sugar, fold in raisins, dates, and chopped nuts, and spice with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Soft, cake-like, and made with whole wheat pastry flour. Healthy enough for breakfast.

Victorian jewels mini fruitcakes: brandy-soaked candied fruit, raisins, and walnuts baked into tender two-bite cakes. A glossy jelly glaze gives each one its jewel-box shine. Holiday gifting star.

Oatmeal peanut butter drop cookies with plumped raisins, cinnamon, and vanilla. A hearty, old-fashioned cookie packed with oats and peanut butter flavor. Makes 3 dozen.

Fat-free apple cake made with applesauce instead of butter or oil, loaded with diced Granny Smith apples, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Freezer-friendly.

Chewy orange granola cookies loaded with oats, raisins, sunflower seeds, and honey. Flavored with orange juice concentrate, cinnamon, and cloves for a spiced citrus twist.

Pineapple zucchini cake loaded with crushed pineapple, grated zucchini, pecans, and raisins. A moist, oil-based sheet cake with tropical-garden flavor that uses up summer zucchini.

Enhanced prune filling for hamantaschen with chopped raisins, nuts, lemon juice, and nutmeg. A quick upgrade to jarred filling that takes 5 minutes.

Anise-scented raisin biscotti with walnuts, lemon zest, and orange zest. Butter-based dough double-baked until crisp. A traditional Italian dunking cookie with citrus and spice.

Whole-grain oatmeal raisin cookies sweetened with honey and a whole ground orange. No butter, no refined sugar, naturally vegan-friendly with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Orange oatmeal cookies sweetened with banana, honey, and orange juice concentrate. A low-fat cookie with no butter, no oil, raisins, walnuts, and fresh orange zest.

Rugelach roll flaky cream cheese dough around apricot preserves, cinnamon-brown-sugar, walnuts, and raisins into bite-sized crescents. A classic Jewish bakery cookie for Hanukkah and Christmas alike.

Rum raisin cheesecake with crunchy oat-nut streusel topping and crumb crust. The textural contrast between creamy filling and crispy topping makes every bite interesting.

Sunshine orange cake made with fresh orange juice, raisins, and a hint of cinnamon. A lighter one-bowl cake with less sugar that's bright, citrusy, and needs no frosting.

Old-fashioned raisin pie with plump fruit simmered in brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice, sealed under a flaky double crust. A pantry-staple Amish dessert known as funeral pie.

Simple walnut raisin cake with brown sugar and warm spices, simmered then baked low and slow for moist tender squares ready in an hour.

Wheat-free applesauce cake made with ground oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, and raisins. A moist, spiced cake with no wheat flour that improves after resting overnight.