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Description

• Raisins add sweetness and texture to baked products.
  
  
• Raisins are dried grapes. Dark raisins are sun-dried while golden raisins, generally moister than dark raisins, have been treated to prevent them from darkening and are dried in machines.
  
  
• Currants are smaller grapes that have been sun-dried, so are just very small raisins
  
  
• Use dark raisins if a recipe does not specify which type to use.
  
  

Storage

• Store raisins in an airtight container at room temperature for several months. They can be refrigerated or frozen in an airtight container for up to one year.
  
  
• Raisins should be plump and moist.
  
  

Substitutions

• The same amount of another chopped dried fruit, such as apricots, cherries, and dried cranberries, may be substituted for raisins.
  
  
• Golden raisins, dark raisins and currants may be used interchangeably in baking recipes.
  
  

Preparing Ingredients: Freezing raisins Preparing Ingredients: Mixing in nuts and raisins Preparing Ingredients: Softening raisins

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