103 dried fruit recipes

It's easy to make your own delicious granola bar! This recipe is so flexible, you can use whatever nuts or dried fruits you have.

Fruit compotes are a typical dessert for a Sabbath meat meal.

Roasted pork loin with dried apricots, prunes, and apple in an oven bag, glazed with brown sugar and white wine. Tender holiday-worthy roast that bastes itself as it cooks.

This Eastern European compote simmers dried apples, pears, prunes, and raisins in apple cider with honey and warm spices. A make-ahead fruit dessert that improves over two weeks in the fridge.

Uzvar is a traditional Ukrainian dried fruit compote simmered in apple cider with honey, cloves, and cinnamon. Warm, fruity, and gently spiced, it keeps in the fridge for up to two weeks.

Persian lamb soup simmered with dried fruits (prunes, apricots, peaches), turmeric-browned onions, and a sweet-sour balance of brown sugar and citrus for comforting depth.

How to dry fruit puree into fruit leather: a low-tech guide using sun, oven, or car-window heat to turn fresh fruit puree into chewy rolled-up snacks.

Berry kiwi jam, a no-cook freezer jam with crushed raspberries, chopped kiwi fruit, sugar, and pectin. Bright fresh-fruit flavor that tastes like summer in a jar, no canning equipment required.

No-cook strawberry kiwi freezer jam with fresh fruit and pectin. Bright, fresh-tasting jam that sets at room temperature and stores for months in the freezer.

Ginger peach jam: ripe summer peaches and crystallized ginger cooked into a glossy preserve with pectin. The classic peach jam with a warm, spicy backbone. Makes 8 jars.

Grandma's strawberry freezer jam with mashed berries, sugar, and pectin. A no-cook style jam with bright fresh-fruit flavor that traditional cooked jams can't match.

Red raspberry jam is a no-cook freezer jam made with fresh mashed raspberries, sugar, and powdered pectin. Captures summer berry flavor with bright, fresh color that cooked jam cannot touch.

Blueberry sour cherry jam made with crushed ripe blueberries, pitted sour cherries, sugar, and powdered fruit pectin. A small-batch homemade jam for canning with deep purple-red color and bright fruit flavor.

Make your mornings exciting with this tasty blackberry jam that's perfect on toast!

Homemade raspberry jam made by macerating fresh raspberries in sugar, then cooking with pectin and lemon to a glossy set. Water-bath canned for the pantry, with a bright, fruit-forward flavor.

Cherry freezer jam made with finely chopped fresh cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and powdered pectin. A no-cook freezer jam with bright fresh-fruit flavor and a soft, spoonable texture.