Fun with Raisins, part 1.

What do you do when you have 4 pounds of puny, dried out raisins from Costco? (besides calling Sunmaid and complaining?)

You make Raisin Lekvar, that’s what!
What is Lekvar you ask? It is a fruit butter typically made from prunes or dried apricots, mainly used in European pastries…

I decided to try it out in the swirl of cinnamon raisin bread. Instead of having a bread just flecked with raisins, I ended up with a swirl of raisin-y jam like goodness. Fresh out of the oven with a little butter and cinnamon sugar, it truly was divine…




Stay tuned for part 2...