If your recipe calls for fresh fruit, but all you have is dried, there are a few things you need to do before making a swap.

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 ...

Wash rice in several changes of water and soak for 15 minutes.Drain rice in a strainer and set aside for 30 minutes until dry.

Schnitz un knepp, a classic Pennsylvania Dutch stew featuring dried fruit and dumplings, makes for versatile comfort food.

Fruit cakes made solely from dried fruit will keep for several weeks and up to a month; fruit cakes containing both dried and fresh fruit will go mouldy more quickly. Fruit cakes that have been ...

Make a batch of these easy homemade dried-fruit bars to grab for a quick on-the-go breakfast or snack. Skip the granola bar options at the grocery store--they're easy to make at home! You can vary ...

A classic chocolate chip–oatmeal cookie gets a deliciously tart, chewy update. Sally Sampson is the founder and president of ChopChop Family, a nonprofit publisher of cooking magazines ...