Raisin recipe collection

This delicious dish is made with dried fruit, sweet cherries, juicy apples and seedless grapes.

Kouglof (Sweet Brioche with Raisins and Almonds) recipe

Lamb Stew with Chestnuts and Pomegranates recipe

This rich and moist cake made of candied cherries, pecans and coconut is bound to have you thinking about seconds.

The colors the fruits used in the cookies suggest those of the robes worn by the four ordres mendiants, monastic orders that originally lived on charity -- the Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans and Franciscans.