Harvest fresh fruit in summer and preserve the flavor for months! We'll show you how to dry fruit with these simple steps.

Fans affectionately refer to them with names like “recession-fighting machines” and “crackpots.” They call themselves “crockpotters” and wax poetic with a fervor normally reserved for religion, ...

Fruit cake made with raisins on a wooden board - Cris Cantón/Getty Images Whether you're baking cakes, muffins, or cookies, adding some fruit is a delicious way to boost both the taste and texture.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One fine way to smuggle some of summer into winter is to cook with dried fruit. Sunshine is packed into dried apricots, grapes (raisins), dates, currants, ...

Dried fruit is a delicious snack. That's a fact, plain and simple. It makes a great addition to a midday snack of brain-powering nuts and seeds, or adds a natural sweetness to your morning oatmeal. It ...

This collection of 22 Dehydrator Recipes is packed with options for your dehydrator including dried fruit and vegetables as ...

Deborah Madison is known for great vegetarian cookbooks, beginning with the landmark “Greens Cookbook,” which she wrote in 1987 as the founding chef of Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. Clearly this ...

Incorporate fresh, dried, or pickled apricots into these sweet-tart dishes all year long. Sweet, tart, and tangy, apricots are a versatile stone fruit for all kinds of preparations beyond jam, from ...

Preheat oven to 450°F. Press pie crust onto bottom and up sides of 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges, if needed. Pierce crust all over with fork. Bake until deep golden brown ...

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 used by ...