12 dried fruit dessert Recipes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

pineapple chunks (drained reserve juice), mandarin oranges, sliced peaches (drained reserve juice), bananas, sliced, strawberry jell-o gelatin dessert, frozen strawberries, cook and serve pudding mix, dry tapioca

white sugar, warm water (100 degrees f/40 degrees cup), active dry yeast, all-purpose flour, margarine, softened, egg yolks, sour cream, apricot or other fruit filling (such as baker fine dessert filling), sugar , for dusting

a selection of your favorite dessert wines, such as: sweet sherry , port, vin santo, riesling, asti spumante, store bought semisweet cookies , such as almond toasts or biscotti, fresh red or green seedless grapes, ripe pears, assorted dried fruit : apricots, dates, figs

all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, butter , cut into pieces, active dry yeast, warm milk (100o to 110o), egg, lightly beaten, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, apricot or cherry dessert filling

crust layer, flour, melted butter, white sugar, diced pecans, filling layer, cream cheese, softened, powdered sugar, milk (or enough to make cream cheese spreadable), fruit layer, fresh strawberries, cleaned and sliced, bananas, sliced and sprinkled with fruit fresh or mixed with a bit of orange juice (to prevent browning), mandarin oranges, drained and patted dry with a paper towel), fresh pineapple chunks (can use canned if fresh is not available, just be sure to drain and pat dry with a paper towel), cherries, pitted (or use maraschino cherries if fresh cherries are not available), glaze layer, white sugar, cornstarch, water, orange juice, fresh lemon juice

apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced, vin santo or other dessert wine, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, chestnut flour, egg, separated, dry white wine, unsalted butter, softened, vegetable oil for frying, sugar for dusting the fritters

couscous, uncooked, vegetable oil, salt, cinnamon, olive oil or 3/4 cup milk, i prefer milk though many use the oil both the and milk, cinnamon, icing sugar, prune, snipped, dates, snipped, raisins, almonds , as required, any semi dried soaked fruits. nuts. i use the

blueberries or 3 -4 cups blackberries or 3 -4 cups huckleberries, washed, sugar, water, apples, peeled, half slices, lemon juice, salt, chopped frozen rhubarb or 3 -4 cups chopped fresh rhubarb, dry tapioca, cornstarch, cold water

gummy worms or other creepy crawler candy, ice cube trays, fruit punch, brew , recipe follows, recipe courtesy semi-homemade (r) desserts, miramax books, 2003, lime gelatin, boiling water, chilled pineapple juice, chilled lemon-lime soft drink or ginger ale, chilled vodka , optional, black plastic cauldron (available at party or craft stores), punch bowl that fits inside the cauldron, plastic hand (available at party supply stores), sterilized in hot water, dry ice (available at supermarkets, ice cream shops or ice companies)