59 raisin cookie recipes

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cake-like drop cookies made with brown sugar and cake flour for an extra tender crumb.

Diabetic-friendly orange cookies sweetened with sugar substitute and raisins instead of sugar. Bright with orange juice and zest, studded with raisins, and ready in 35 minutes.

Classic oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, shortening, and three cups of rolled oats. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and endlessly customizable with mix-ins.

Italian chocolate nut cookies (mostaccioli) are dense, spiced cocoa cookies with chopped almonds and raisins on whole wheat flour. A traditional Calabrian holiday cookie with deep chocolate-clove flavor.

Fat-free cinnamon-raisin biscotti made with egg whites. Twice-baked Italian cookies that crunch hard, dunk well, and skip butter and yolks entirely.

No-bake chocolate rice crispy squares with dried apricots and raisins. Milk chocolate and marshmallows hold it all together. Makes 96 bite-sized treats for snacking, lunchboxes, or bake sales.

Use some of those apples you got from the store with this scrumptious cookie that is perfect with the morning coffee.

Chewy molasses oatmeal cookies with pecans, raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, drizzled with melted chocolate. Three cups of oats give these a hearty, old-fashioned chew.

Whole wheat oatmeal cookies with molasses, honey, raisins, and walnuts. Sweetened three ways with brown sugar, molasses, and honey for a chewy, spiced high-fiber cookie.

Fat-free oatmeal cookies sweetened with mashed banana, applesauce, and brown sugar. No butter, no oil. Whole wheat flour and oats give them satisfying chew. Vegan-friendly with optional raisins and sesame.

Halloween candy corn bars layer chopped chocolate cookies, salty pretzels, and raisins under a white chocolate drizzle, then top with candy corn and Halloween sprinkles. A no-bake bark-style treat kids can help make.

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.

Fat-free pumpkin bran muffins use canned pumpkin and shredded wheat cereal in place of butter or oil. Sweetened with corn syrup and raisins, these spiced fall muffins are guilt-free breakfast.

Fruktsoppa is a traditional Swedish fruit soup with dried apricots, prunes, raisins, currants, and fresh apple simmered with cinnamon and thickened with tapioca. Served chilled as a light dessert.

3-minute microwave cinnamon raisin oatmeal with Grape-Nuts for crunch. A quick, warm breakfast bowl with brown sugar that serves two from a single cereal bowl.

Light bran muffins with quick oats, bran flakes, raisins, and egg whites. A fat-free flour-free breakfast muffin under 75 calories with serious fiber for healthy mornings.