Recipe Sifter

Old-fashioned honey-sweetened oatmeal sandwich cookies filled with a homemade raisin, orange, and lemon fruit filling. A nostalgic farmhouse recipe that yields 4 dozen.

Almost Whole Grain Applesauce-Raisin Cookies recipe

October cake with yams, apples, walnuts, and raisins in a maple syrup batter spiked with orange marmalade and Grand Marnier. A dense, spiced autumn loaf cake.

Old-fashioned pear conserves with ground lemon, orange, and raisins cooked down with sugar until thick. No pectin needed for this chunky, citrus-bright preserve.

Pear granola bread with grated Anjou pears, buttermilk, raisins, and a crunchy granola topping baked into a tender quick bread loaded with texture and warm fruit flavor.

Traditional pemmican made from ground caribou jerky, cranberries, raisins, brown sugar, and rendered suet. A high-energy survival food with deep Indigenous roots.

Persimmon cookies loaded with 2 cups of fresh persimmon pulp, raisins, chopped nuts, and warm spices. A soft, cake-like drop cookie that puts fall's most underused fruit to work.

Sugarless cake leans on simmered raisins for natural sweetness instead of refined sugar, with oats, cinnamon, and a touch of artificial sweetener. Diabetic-friendly snack cake that still tastes like dessert.

Hearty low-fat cabbage soup simmered with beets, turnip, carrots, potato, raisins, and tomatoes in a tangy sweet-and-sour broth. A one-pot vegetable stew ready in an hour.

Tahini Oatmeal Date Cookies with Pecan and Raisin recipe

Mexican-style venison picadillo simmered with cumin, coriander, cloves, raisins, and red wine vinegar until thick and saucy. Scoop it into warm tortillas with fresh salsa for a lean, spiced taco filling.

Old-fashioned hermit cookies spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, stuffed with raisins, dates, and walnuts. Soft and chewy from sour cream, topped with a whole walnut. A New England cookie jar staple.

A fragrant bread machine loaf made with whole wheat flour, applesauce, plump raisins, and cinnamon. Just load, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Warm-spiced zucchini quick bread studded with crunchy pecans and plump raisins. Cinnamon and nutmeg fill the kitchen as two moist loaves bake low and slow. A go-to recipe for summer zucchini season.

Shredded carrots simmered with orange juice concentrate, raisins, and a pinch of cinnamon. A light, naturally sweet side dish ready in 20 minutes.

Buttery shortcrust pockets folded around a caramelized coconut filling studded with dates, raisins, and cashews, baked golden. A Sri Lankan sweet pastry with crisp edges and a chewy, nutty center.