Dried Fruit

The perfect condiment to serve with roast chicken, kebabs, pappadam, and more.

Buttery cookie dough and brandy-soaked dried fruit make these Italian fig cookies a holiday must-have.

Dates, tahini, and chile paste come together in a salad dressing that’s an exquisite combination of sweetness, nuttiness, and heat.

Popular in Iowa, the sour cream and raisin pie was a longtime favorite of Mennonite cooks because its ingredients were always in the pantry and it kept well.

This sweet date and egg dish tastes custardy, caramelly, and rich, with flavors reminiscent of French toast.

There’s no meat in this pie, just rich spices, sweet fruit, and centuries of history, all wrapped up in a buttery crust.

With glacéed fruit, spices, and no small amount of rum, this elegant fruitcake recipe is no joke.

These raisin-studded apple strudels have a hint of cinnamon and a zingy whipped cream topping fortified with sour cream.

This spaghetti with fennel and sardines turns a few simple pantry ingredients into a rustic seafood feast.

Just a few simple ingredients like basmati rice, milk, ghee, and a handful of aromatics merge in a pot to make this Bangladeshi pulao.

These fruit-laden muffins smell exactly like hot cross buns as they bake and taste just as satisfying, but with a fraction of the effort.

Crystallized ginger adds spice to this brunch staple.

This easy Irish soda bread recipe gets a little tang from buttermilk and pops of concentrated sweetness from dried fruit.

Our favorite carrot cake is moist, full of shredded carrot and fragrant spices, and topped with an extra-tangy cream cheese frosting.

It might be worth getting an air-fryer just to make air-fryer brussels sprouts.

This bold salty-sweet dressing and bitter chicories are flavor heavyweights; they stand up to and complement one another in this simple striking salad.

Make somlói galuska in advance: the chocolate-cream “dumplings" require at least eight hours to soak up the golden rum syrup.

Our best panettone recipe, adapted from baker Jim Lahey, employs a long rise for a festive and flavorful holiday bread without much work.

This classic Jewish American rugelach recipe uses a very cold cream cheese–based dough to make tender, flavorful rolled cookies full of sweet jam and cinnamon.

Freeze-dried blueberries sweeten this ricotta-enriched loaf cake.