Raisin

Oatmeal Spice Hazelnut Cookies. These hazelnut cookies take the best of a chewy oatmeal cookie and add raisins, crunchy hazelnuts and fragrant spices.

Newfoundland Figgy Duff. It has nothing to do with figs; raisins were once referred to as figs here & are always added to this traditional steamed pudding.

Carrot Raisin Rice Pilaf. A terrific base recipe to use as is or add your additional herbs, veggies, even nuts to create your own favourite version. Originally published on Oct 7, 2007. Although others in the family love a good rice side dish, other than in sushi, I’m not much of a rice person. I …

Newfoundland Raisin Bread. A traditional sweet bread made in Newfoundland families for generations. It’s delicious fresh or toasted or turned into French toast with a drizzle of molasses. 

Raisin Tea Loaf. A real old fashioned recipe for raisin tea loaf, where tea is used both in the batter and to soak the raisins. Try it with other dried fruit like dates too.

Sugar Free Scones. A versatile recipe for no sugar added scones, to which you can add dried fruits, nuts or even frozen berries to create many favourite versions.

Steamed Molasses Raisin Pudding. A long time Newfoundland favourite that’s easy to make and is delicious served with our recipe for simple butterscotch sauce.

Pecan Oatmeal Raisin Bars. A close cousin to Date Crumbles, this new cookie bar adds chunks of crunchy pecans to the crumble and a layer of sweet rain filling at the centre

Coconut Cashew Raisin Naan. This peshwari style naan is stuffed with a very thin layer of ground cashews, coconut and raisins. It’s utterly delicious with our Mango Chicken Curry recipe.

Rum Raisin Cake. Here’s a delicious taste of the Caribbean with a rum soaked raisins baked into a vanilla cake, then soaked in more rum. Enjoy it plain or dress it up with a caramel filling and rum buttercream frosting.