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How to Eat Raspberries

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Sweet red raspberries taste good eaten raw or baked in a variety of goods. In ancient times, raspberries were used as medicine. Today, they are known for their taste and nutritional value.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Whipped cream
  • Tarts
  • Sugar
  • Chocolate
  • Custard
  • Cookies
  • Dough
  • Pot
  • Jelly pan
  • Cake mix
  1. Step 1

    Wash hand picked raspberries and enjoy their fresh taste. For a sweeter treat, add whipped cream or sugar to the raspberries. Freeze any leftover berries and use at a later date. Crush overripe raspberries into juice.

  2. Step 2

    Combine raspberries with chocolate to make a tasty topping for a tart. Add a dollop of custard to the top for extra rich flavor.

  3. Step 3

    Bake oatmeal cookies and add fresh raspberries to the mix. Or bake vanilla cookies and add raspberry filling on top to make a jam-like cookie.

  4. Step 4

    Make fresh bread dough. Divide it into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a long thin round strip. Add raspberries and sugar to the middle strip. Braid the long dough pieces into a large loaf. Bake like bread. Sprinkle sugar on top and slice.

  5. Step 5

    Bake a pie crust. Add stewed raspberries and sugar to the crust. Cover and bake for a tasty raspberry pie.

  6. Step 6

    Boil raspberries and sugar in a pot on the stove. Let cool. Use as a glaze for desserts like cake and pie.

  7. Step 7

    Make a flat cake in a jelly-roll pan. Cover the cake with raspberry filling and cream. Roll the cake up and slice into jelly roll circles.

  8. Step 8

    Bake lemon or vanilla cupcakes from a store bought cake mix. Add raspberries to the mix or scoop the cake mix into muffin tins. With the muffin tins half full, add a spoonful of raspberry filling to each tin. Cover with more batter and bake until done.

Tips & Warnings
  • Mash the raspberries and remove some of the seeds before using.

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Mangetout said

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on 1/16/2008 Wash them? Are you kidding? That ruins them.

If they're dirty enough to need washing, they're ruined anyway - if you're worried about pesticide residues, buy organic instead, or pick them wild, or from your garden, but please, don't wash raspberries.

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