Dried blueberries and raspberries

[Suzi Edwards]

hi there,

i sucumbed to some serious impulse food buying while in Wholefoods on my trip to the US. I now have several tubs of dried raspberries and blueberries. I was planning to use them for muffins but was wondering if anyone has tried this, and if it does work, do you need to reconstitute them? my pack has no instructions....

[Bicycle Lee]

I wouldn't think that you would HAVE to reconstitute them...I mean, those box blueberry muffins have dried berries... It depends on what you want them to be like after baking...

[KatieLoeb]

Tarka:

They are delicious in muffins or scones and can be used just as you'd use raisins. Same goes for salads. As long as the batter or salad ingredents are moist enough, there's no need to reconstitute first.

[Blondie]

I buy dried cranberries, cherries and blueberries all the time to use in muffins and scones, but they always seem to get scarfed down as snacks first.

[Dave the Cook]

I also use them in fruitcake along with other dried berries, and on hot or cold cereal.

But Blondie's right -- they tend to get snacked away if I don't hide them.

[Jon Tseng]

To reconstitute hows about soaking them in cranberry juice for a few hours?

J

[bloviatrix]

They're also good in biscotti.

[kitwilliams]

Reconstitute in cold tea. Then either use the tea as the liquid in your recipe (usually best if your end result is darker in color) or simply pour the fruit-sweetened tea over ice and enjoy!

[Suzi Edwards]

fantastic! thanks for the suggestions. i made some cherry vanilla muffins. they have all gone :-)

(turns out they were cherries, not blueberries)

Edited October 22, 2003 by tarka (log)