Recipe Sifter

Unlike the classic French toast that's usually high in calories, fat and very rich. This recipe uses 1% milk, egg whites only and whole wheat bread, which makes a much healthier French toast for breakfast that still tastes delicious. Some fresh fruits, a cup of orange juice and a bit maple syrup, a yummy and wholesome breakfast is ready to enjoy.

Excellent bread,easy to whip up, very moist and tasty. Everyone RAVES about it. I make it for a hostess gift.

Emily Dickinson's black cake, a dense Victorian fruitcake with brandy, molasses, raisins, currants, and citron spiced with cloves, mace, and cinnamon. Baked low and slow.

Oatmeal raisin bread for the bread machine, sweetened with honey and warmed with cinnamon. A whole-grain loaf with chewy oats, plump raisins, and a tender crumb that makes great breakfast toast.

Mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins topped with toasted marshmallows. The classic Thanksgiving casserole that pulls off the rare sweet-and-savory side dish balance.

Apple muffins packed with four cups of diced raw apples, cinnamon, raisins, and walnuts. A heartier-than-average breakfast muffin with chunks of fruit in every bite.

Serve this delicious sweet potato kugel as one of your side dish at your passover dinner.

Barbadians make Black Cake for weddings, birthdays and at Christimas time. Indeed, no Christmas holiday is felt to be complete without black Cake. People from many of the islands make a similar cake. This Black Cake derived from the British Plum Pudding which is a must on their Christmas menu.

An old Welsh steamed carrot pudding -- This is a good steamed pudding, despite the list of ingredients that are "good for you". The sauce (following the recipe) is not a necessity for good taste, only for authenticity, although I LIKE it with the sauce.

Carrot cake layered with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and raisins, topped with orange-scented cream cheese frosting. Three layers of moist, spiced cake that gets better overnight.

Peanut butter raisin bars are no-bake snack bars made with crushed shredded wheat, raisins, and a peanut butter caramel binder. Five ingredients, no oven, lunchbox-ready in 30 minutes.

Bread machine pumpkin raisin bread is a soft, golden yeast loaf packed with canned pumpkin, plump raisins, and warming ginger and cinnamon. Wheat germ adds nutty depth. Dump, press start, walk away.

This is a new treat in our house, but we are loving it. My son loves filling the apples with the dry mixture and snagging raisins when he thinks I’m not looking. Happy cooking!

"This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. I wish that I had that old crock."

Old-fashioned beef tongue simmered tender, sliced thin, and served with a sweet-tart raisin sauce. Classic nose-to-tail dish from the Pennsylvania Dutch and German-American kitchen tradition.

Traditional English scones bake tender, flaky rounds with raisins and a tall layered rise. Served warm with berry preserves and clotted cream for a proper afternoon tea.