Roly-poly peach cobbler: juicy peaches under a biscuit topping rolled jelly-roll style with cinnamon sugar, then sliced into pinwheels. A Southern-style cobbler that looks as good as it tastes.
Herman coffee cake bakes a 10-day fed sourdough-style starter into a tender cinnamon-raisin coffee cake. The classic friendship cake passed jar-by-jar between neighbors.
Hubbard squash and yams simmer in coconut milk with cinnamon and cloves for a lightly sweetened West African side dish ready in 25 minutes.
Amy Scherber's bakery-quality pecan sticky buns. Soft yeasted dough with autolyse rest, caramel-pecan bottom, cinnamon swirl. The classic NYC bread shop sticky bun at home.
Traditional Greek vasilopita, a fragrant New Year's bread scented with orange zest, cinnamon, and masticha. A golden, egg-glazed yeast loaf topped with almonds to ring in good luck.
A light sponge cake rolled with whipped cream, applesauce, and walnuts for an elegant holiday dessert that looks impressive but comes together quickly.
Rhubarb pie sweetened with applesauce instead of additional sugar, thickened with quick-cooking tapioca, and warmed with cinnamon and nutmeg under a lattice crust. The applesauce mellows the tart rhubarb naturally.
One-pan baked couscous with chicken, Cortland apples, golden raisins, and toasted almonds spiced with cinnamon, coriander, and cloves. A 35-minute Moroccan-inspired dinner.
Peaches and cream cheesecake bars: a vanilla pudding-spiked cake base topped with sliced peaches and a dollop-and-swirl cream cheese layer, dusted with cinnamon sugar. Sheet pan dessert that feeds 16.
Apple raisin walnut cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Old-fashioned fall flavor with chunks of fresh apple in every bite.
Make your cabbage feel special with this scrumptious dish that can easily be made in your crockpot.
Steamed persimmon pudding with brandy, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg, flambed at the table and served with whipped cream. An old-fashioned holiday dessert with spectacular presentation.
This is a delicious apple pie, the brown sugar crumb topping is really good.
Tender lamb chunks braised with turmeric, cardamom, and nutmeg, then folded with wilted spinach and tangy yogurt. This Afghan stew packs warm spice and bright citrus over fluffy rice pilaf.
A tradition in my household. Every year we make a batch of this chutney.
Cinnamon raisin muffins with a farina-boosted crumb, brushed with fruit juice and rolled in sugar for a sparkly, sweet crust. Makes a dozen in 40 minutes.