513 raisin recipes

Empanadas de fruta filled with spiced dried fruit, raisins, pine nuts, and warm cinnamon-clove-nutmeg filling, deep-fried in a flaky homemade dough until golden and crispy.

Buttermilk coffee cake with a streusel-style cinnamon-clove crumb topping made from the same dough. A tangy, tender 9x13 cake that doubles as breakfast or afternoon coffee snack. Stir in raisins or nuts. Freezes beautifully.

A delicious rice dish made with green and red lentils, cashew nuts and seedless raisins.

Make-ahead slice-and-bake hermit cookies with five warming spices, plump raisins, and buttery dough. Roll into logs, freeze, slice, and bake fresh cookies anytime.

Gingerbread pancakes turn weekend breakfast into the holidays: molasses, cinnamon, and ginger fold into a fluffy buttermilk-style batter with raisins. Ready in under twenty minutes from bowl to griddle.

Overnight sourdough cinnamon rolls with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. An overnight starter builds tangy flavor, then you roll, fill, and bake to dark golden with buttery edges.

Kasha kugel: baked Jewish casserole of toasted buckwheat groats with apples, cottage cheese, yogurt, honey, and cinnamon. Healthier whole-grain take on the classic sweet kugel.

Classic German Birnensuppe: fresh pears simmered with cinnamon and aniseed, blended silky smooth, stirred with sherry-plumped raisins and lemon. Served ice cold as a light starter or dessert.

Breakfast risotto made with Arborio rice slowly stirred with warm apple juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk, and raisins. Creamy, warm-spiced porridge-meets-risotto, served with brown sugar at the table.

South American pork and corn pie spoons spiced pork with sweet corn, raisins, and black olives under a fluffy cornmeal topping. Pastel de choclo style casserole, baked in 45 minutes.

Little plum cakes packed with currants and raisins, lemon zest, and nutmeg in a rich butter batter. A traditional English drop cake baked at high heat for golden, fruit-studded bites.

Traditional Jewish taiglach: little dough knots studded with raisins and nuts, boiled in honey syrup with ginger until golden and sticky. A Rosh Hashanah and holiday essential.

Heritage-style sour milk cookies filled with a cooked raisin and ground walnut filling brightened by lemon juice. An old-fashioned farmhouse treat rolled, cut, and sealed by hand.

Whole wheat yogurt muffins made with chickpea flour, honey, and raisins. A hearty, protein-rich muffin with an earthy nuttiness from the garbanzo flour blend.

Buttermilk quick bread studded with walnuts and raisins, made lighter with egg substitute and just two tablespoons of oil. No yeast, no kneading, and ready to slice in under 90 minutes.

Cherry bread pudding made with cracked wheat bread, yogurt instead of cream, dark honey, and plumped dried cherries and raisins. A lighter, wholesome version.