All sounds YUMMY! To include Suzanne B's suggestion of rum, I've also used Cinnamon Schnapps, Yukon Jack, Southern Comfort as a rehydration bath for my raisins (NOT all at once!). No quiet, timid raisins allowed in my house! :-) For the nuts (like me!), I've been shown by my mother to use what's on hand, including hickory nuts. I don't find hickory nuts where I live now, but I'd go for just about other kind. Thanks for you do at KAF and please keep it up! Patti, love it - raisins are so amenable to being soaked - in anything, aren't they? I love Capt. Morgan vanilla spiced rum. For those eschewing alcohol, any kind of fruit juice is fine. "Timid raisins," indeed! :) PJH

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