These blueberry crinkle cookies are stunning, thanks to a summery blue hue peeking out from a crackled, confectioners' sugar ...

Preserving fruit is a great way to capture the in-season taste year-round. Here's how freeze-dried and dehydrated fruit are different, and when they work best.

Think of freeze-dried fruit as a sweet, but healthier, substitute where you might be tempted to add sugar: Blended into a trail mix instead of M&Ms, tossed atop cookies instead of sprinkles, baked ...

Freeze-dried fruit uses You can buy bulk packages of freeze-dried fruits at Web sites, ... You can even experiment with adding them to baked goods like cookies, muffins and quick breads.

Freeze-dried fruit is also uniquely easy to take on-the-go, Gentile says. It can be divided into packages that “can go in kids’ lunch boxes or the car very easily,” she says.

Dried fruit in oatmeal cookies certainly isn't a revolutionary concept. Of course, the best oatmeal raisin cookie recipe has dried grapes as the main addition, and with good reason.