Recipes with spices

A quick and easy homemade chili seasoning mix with just a bit of heat and no salt.

Caribou chili built on lean wild game, red wine, garlic, and a heavy hand of chili powder, then slow-simmered and rested overnight so the meat turns tender and the spices deepen.

Persimmon chocolate chip cookies: ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp folded into a spiced cookie dough with chocolate chips, walnuts, and dates. Soft, cake-like cookies with autumn-spice warmth in every bite.

Old-fashioned mincemeat pie filling made with real ground beef, apples, raisins, cider, and warm baking spices. A blue-ribbon recipe that freezes in batches so you're always ready for pie season.

Rich West Indian Christmas cake soaked in rum and sherry with dried fruits, warm spices, and browning for deep color. Start the fruit a month ahead for a dense, boozy holiday cake worth the wait.

This sugarless banana walnut cake uses only bananas to lightly sweeten the batter.

Split langoustines grilled with garlic, parsley, and lemon butter for a sweet, smoky shellfish main with seared edges. An elegant 20-minute restaurant-style dish that works equally well on a stovetop grill pan or outdoor grill.

Buttermilk coffee cake with almond extract, swirled with a cinnamon-sugar-nut filling and baked in a tube pan. Tender crumb, crunchy topping, serves 16.

Cream cheese, sugar, and eggs bake with cinnamon and lemon zest into a crustless Spanish-style cheesecake that's lighter than New York style but just as rich. Dust with powdered sugar while warm.

Homemade cinnamon raisin bagels with your bread machine doing the kneading. Plump raisins tossed in cinnamon sugar, boiled for a chewy crust, baked until golden. Better than anything from the store.

I have made this recipe many times for my husband who is from Morocco. I had this recipe book and lost it--finding the recipe here was great. This is one of his favorites. I would recommend not making this in a crock pot.

Hard-boiled eggs pickled in a dill-infused brine with apple cider vinegar, whole cloves, and colorful bell pepper rings. Bright yellow, tangy, and dill-flavored all the way through after a 24-hour soak.

Explore the jungle with this delicious bread made of bananas, pineapple, walnuts and coconut.

Try this succulent dish that is made with TVP in a savory sauce!

Traditional Swiss Basel Leckerli: honey-spice cookie bars with cinnamon, cloves, candied peels, kirsch, and almonds under a crackly sugar glaze. Makes 50 to 60 bars that keep for weeks.

Here's a sweet chutney that has a lot of flavor and is perfect for flat breads.

Moroccan Vegetable Stew with Roasted Buckwheat recipe

Rose hip chutney blends foraged rose hips with apples, raisins, apple cider vinegar, ginger, and cayenne for a tangy-sweet preserve that pairs with holiday ham, turkey, or game.

This legacy from my Hungarian grandmother links my children to their Old World heritage in a most pleasing way! No one can eat only one of these rich little crescents.

Banana chip streusel loaf made with cream of wheat cereal for a hearty crumb, finished with cinnamon-mini chocolate chip streusel. A cholesterol-free quick bread that uses egg substitute and ripe bananas.

An easy-to-make cake which is a perfect way to welcome the Autumn season!

A delicious French-Canadian dish made with boneless pork, veal and white wine.

Cannolis stuffed with cream cheese, mini choc0late chips, and pistachio nuts.

Simple peach pie with a buttery cinnamon crumb topping instead of a top crust. Fresh peaches thickened with tapioca, topped with brown sugar streusel, and baked until bubbly.

A classic and traditional Christmas fruit cake that brings your memory back to the childhood.

Tortilla soup with shredded chicken, crispy fried tortilla strips, melted Monterey Jack, and creamy avocado. A blender-based broth makes weeknight prep painless.

Fat-free pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving with a no-butter bread crumb crust, egg-white-only filling, and skim evaporated milk. A lighter holiday classic with all the warm spice.

Irish pastry-wrapped baked apples stuffed with brown sugar, raisins, and cinnamon. Sweet apples wrapped in puff pastry, baked until tender.

Pressure cooker oxtail soup with carrots, celery, onions, soy sauce, and warm spices like nutmeg and cloves. Rich, beefy broth in under an hour instead of all day.

A scrumptious dish made with potatoes, gruyere cheese and juicy apples.

From the McCalls Great American recipe collection, a classic American carrot cake for the microwave.

If you're a fan of cabbage you will love this succulent dish that will make your crockpot and your tummy feel special.

Bread machine banana walnut bread with mashed bananas, toasted walnuts, milk, and a hint of cinnamon. A yeast-risen sandwich loaf, not a quickbread, that mostly bakes itself.

Love love these apple pancakes, and the cider syrup was just amazing. It was a nice change from maple syrup that I normally use. I think I will be making this syrup a lot from now on, needless to say that it's way cheaper than maple syrup :)

Tender chicken simmers with cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice in this classic Persian celery stew. Bright parsley and buttery sauteed celery make this Iranian khoresh-e karafs a fragrant weeknight dinner served over fluffy rice.

A tasty spiced tea made with cinnamon, ground cloves and orange drink mix.

Try this crockpot rendition of hot cocoa that is perfect for a large group of people!

Sour cream coffee cake with a brown sugar, cinnamon, and nut streusel swirled through the center and on top. A classic tube pan breakfast cake that's tender and rich.

Sephardic-style date haroset made from simmered date paste with sweet wine, cinnamon, and chopped walnuts. A rich, fruity Passover tradition that keeps for two weeks.

This Biscochito Cake is a modern twist on New Mexico’s traditional biscochito cookie, featuring warm notes of star anise, a tender crumb, and a sweet cinnamon-sugar topping. Paired with a vibrant peach compote, it’s a comforting yet elegant dessert that’s easy to prepare and ideal for sharing at gatherings or enjoying as a cozy treat.

Mince meat is always used for making cookies, but they are good for making muffins or cakes as well. These muffins are super moist and flavorful!

Raisin nut bran muffins with raisin bran cereal as the bran source, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a splash of milk. Quick weekday breakfast muffins, ready in 45 minutes.

Italian meatball cookies with warm spices, cocoa, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips rolled into small round drops. A traditional Italian-American holiday cookie that looks like its dinner-table namesake.

A succulent beef roast dish that calls for red wine, cabbage, juicy tomatoes and variety of spices.

Traditional Chippewa Indian fry bread made from a simple dough of flour, baking powder, and dry milk. Fried golden and crisp, then dusted with cinnamon sugar. Makes 8 puffy rounds.

Love apricots, and this double apricot bread was right up to my ally. The bread was so moist and delicious. Breakfast, snack, or dessert. Yum, yum!

Fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, candied pineapple, white raisins, and pecans with brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Holiday baking in cookie form.

7-day sweet pickles made the old-fashioned canning way: five daily soaks in boiling water followed by a hot sugar-vinegar spiced brine. The slow process delivers shatteringly crisp, glassy-sweet bread-and-butter style pickles that put the supermarket jars to shame.