Raisins are a very healthy product. Baking with raisins is in the kitchens of all nations. This pastry is so popular that it is served in coffee houses and pastry shops around the world. We have collected for you the best baking recipes with raisins.
Raisin baking - the basic principles of preparation
Raisin pastries are cooked in the oven, microwave, bread machine or slow cooker. It can be buns, muffins, cookies, casseroles, etc.
Any raisins can be used for baking, the main thing is that it be of good quality. It is washed and soaked in warm water for at least half an hour. Then the dried fruits are dried and added to the dough. In some recipes, before adding raisins to the dough, it is mixed with flour or starch. So it is evenly distributed over the test.
Baking is prepared from any dough, but the most delicious is obtained from rich yeast.
If pies are prepared, then raisins can be added not only to the dough, but also to the filling.
In addition to raisins, nuts, fruits, berries, etc. are added to baking.
The dough is laid out in the form, if it is a cupcake or cake, or form buns or cookies and spread on a baking sheet.
To bake with raisins turned fragrant, citrus zest, vanilla or cinnamon are added to it.
Recipe 1. A simple cake with raisins and figs
Ingredients
four egg yolks;
pine nuts - a quarter glass;
milk - half a liter;
raisins - a third of a glass;
vodka - a quarter glass;
sun-dried figs - six pcs.;
cornmeal - half a cup;
salt - a pinch;
150 g cane sugar.
Cooking method
1. Wash raisins and soak for ten minutes in warm boiled water.
2. Fig in my hot water and cut into small strips.
3. Add sugar to the egg yolks and beat with a whisk until smooth. In a stewpan, mix milk with vodka and salt. We put it on moderate fire and bring to a boil.
4. Constantly whisking with a whisk, we introduce hot milk into the yolks. We return the resulting mass to the fire.
5. Without stopping shaking with a whisk, we introduce corn flour into the egg-milk mixture. We twist the fire and cook, stirring, until the dough begins to bubble. It will take about eight minutes.
6. Throw the raisins onto a sieve, shake well and put them into the dough. We also send pine nuts and figs here. Mix well.
7. We grease the demountable form with oil, put the dough into it and send it to the oven. Bake for forty minutes at 180 C. Cool the pie right in the mold, then draw a thin knife between the pie and the walls of the mold. Turn the pastries with raisins on the dish. Before serving, cut the pie and serve with fruit juice or compote.
Recipe 2. Cheesecakes with cream filling
Ingredients
butter dough yeast dough - 800 g;
fresh sour cream - 350 g;
fat cottage cheese - 300 g;
raisins and candied fruits - a handful;
egg;
sugar - half a cup.
Cooking method
1. Wash raisins. Fill it with hot water and leave it for 25 minutes.
2. Cover the colander with gauze, put the cottage cheese in it, cover it with a plate and put a jar of water on top. Leave the cottage cheese under oppression for an hour. Then we grind it through a sieve.
3. Egg is shaken with sugar until smooth. Add the grated cottage cheese to the resulting mixture and mix.
4. Throw the raisins onto a sieve, dry and add it to the curd mass. Here we put finely chopped candied fruits. Mix.
5. Roll out the dough on a table sprinkled with flour into two rectangles, half a centimeter thick. We spread the filling with an even layer and turn it into a roll.
6. Each roll is cut into circles with a thickness of three centimeters. We spread them on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 190 C until golden brown.
7. Beat sour cream with a whisk. We spread the hot cheesecakes in a deep form and immediately fill with sour cream. We cover the pastries with raisin foil and cool.
Recipe 3. Soft pumpkin cookies with raisins and dried apricots
Ingredients
raisins;
egg;
50 g of corn starch;
a glass of grated pumpkin;
half a packet of butter;
baking soda;
one and a half glasses of flour;
5 g baking powder;
180 g of granulated sugar.
Cooking method
1. Pound the soft butter with white sugar, add the egg and finely grated pumpkin. Mix with a spoon. Add corn starch and baking powder. Knead with a spoon again.
2. Cut dried apricots into slices. Raisins and dried apricots are placed in a separate bowl and pour dried fruits with boiling water. Leave for five minutes. Then we drain the infusion, and put dried apricots and raisins on a paper napkin, cover with a second napkin on top and squeeze it well.
3. Add dried fruits, flour to the butter and egg mass and mix.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Deco grease with oil. We spread the dough on it with a spoon at a certain distance from each other. Bake for 20 minutes. Then we spread the pastries with raisins on the wire rack and cool. Serve with tea or coffee.
Recipe 4. Yogurt cake with raisins and dried apricots
Ingredients
100 g of raisins;
three eggs;
a glass of drinking yogurt;
100 g pitted prunes;
40 g butter;
salt;
50 ml of vegetable oil;
a bag of vanillin;
one and a half glasses of flour;
80 g of sugar;
5 g of baking powder.
Cooking method
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Lubricate large or small molds with oil.
2. Dried fruits washed and pour boiling water. Leave for five minutes. Then we drain the infusion, and dry the raisins and prunes on a napkin. Prune cut into slices. Add a little flour to the dried fruit and mix.
3. Whisk the yolks with white sugar. Add salt and vanilla. Without stopping whipping, pour the melted and vegetable oil. Then we introduce drinking yogurt, mix and add flour with baking powder a little. Mix until a homogeneous mass without lumps is obtained. Add dried fruits and mix for the last time.
4. Beat the whites in a separate bowl until a stable foam. Gently inject whipped proteins into the dough and mix slowly. Pour the dough into a mold and bake until light brown. Readiness check with a wooden toothpick. We shift the finished cupcake to the grill and cool. Cut the cake into slices and serve with tea or cocoa.
Recipe 5. Pita pie with raisins, grapes and apples
Ingredients
100 g of grapes;
three eggs;
50 g of raisins;
four apples;
350 ml of kefir;
two thirds of a glass of sugar;
40 ml of cognac;
two pita breads;
5 g of cinnamon.
Cooking method
1. Peel apples from the peel. Cut in half and remove the core. Cut the pulp into small cubes.
2. We wash raisins in hot water and fill it with cognac.
3. Kefir combined with half a glass of sugar and eggs. Shake the mixture with a whisk.
4. Cut the sheet of pita bread to the size of a deep shape so that you can close the sides and top.
5. Lubricate the form with oil, put pita bread in it. At the bottom of the lavash trim. Pour a little egg-kefir fill into the bottom.
6. On top lay out a third of raisins, grapes and apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
7. Cover with two layers of pita bread. Spread so two more layers. On top of the cake we cover the hanging edges, smearing them with filling. Pour the remaining fill on the cake and sprinkle with sugar.
8. We send for an hour to the oven, heating it to 180 C. If the top starts to burn, cover it with foil. Cool the cake in the mold and turn it over to the dish.
Recipe 6. Oatmeal buns with raisins, nuts and banana
Ingredients
50 g of nuts;
100 ml of drinking water;
a glass of oatmeal;
80 ml olive oil;
5 g of cinnamon;
a small carrot;
half a glass of sugar;
a small apple;
5 g baking powder;
banana;
70 g of raisins;
sea salt.
Cooking method
1. Combine oatmeal with salt, chopped nuts, baking powder, cinnamon, raisins and sugar. Mix.
2. Peel the banana, finely chop it and put it in a separate bowl. Peel the apple and carrot and grind it on a fine grater. We send the received mass to bananas. Pour warm water and olive oil here.
3. Add the dry mixture to the fruit and vegetable mass and knead well with a spoon. Leave for a quarter of an hour. If the dough is liquidy, add a little flour.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Deco cover with baking paper. Take a full tablespoon of dough and put it on the deco, leaving a short distance.
5. Put the buns in the oven and bake for half an hour until golden brown. Then we transfer the pastries with raisins onto the wire rack, cool and serve with cocoa or milk drinks.
Baking with raisins - tips and tricks
- Before adding raisins to batter, sprinkle it with flour or starch and mix. So it does not settle to the bottom and evenly distributed over the test.
- When baking with raisins, try not to open the oven door unnecessarily.
- If you really like raisins, you can put it more than indicated in the recipe.
- Pre-pour raisins with hot water and leave for half an hour.
- If the raisins are not too dry, you can do without soaking.
- Baking will turn out with a pleasant nutty aroma if pre-sprinkled with ground hazelnuts.
