To infuse nutritional value into your chocolate bars, adding dried fruit will bring a delightful variance to both their taste ...

Check the sell-by date and buy dried fruit that has been sprayed with vegetable oil, not mineral oil. It is usually cheaper to buy individual dried fruits if you cook regularly. Dried fruit is ...

Dehydrating fresh fruits into dried fruits can be conveniently done at home using methods like sun drying, oven drying, using a dehydrator, microwave drying, or freeze drying. Each method offers a ...

When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Fortunately, you can use fresh figs in your jam as an easy alternative to the dried counterpart. Fresh figs are a delicate fruit, requiring a bit of preparation to make jam with them — though ...