Recipes with spices

Forget Dutch apple pie and go Norwegian instead. This easy apple pie recipe is quick; as in ready in 30 minutes, all in one-pan quick. Add a scoop of ice cream while it's still warm and your hankering is satisfied in a jiffy without muss or fuss.

Wheat berries, chickpeas, roasted bell peppers, and arugula are tossed with a refreshing and flavorful dressing. It fills you up with lots of goodness and yumminess.

Light bundt cake with layers of cinnamon apples swirled through applesauce batter. Orange juice and nutmeg brighten the crumb, while a cinnamon sugar crust bakes on top.

A different kind of chili, not too hot. Serves wonderfully over pasta.

Classic and very authentic East Indian recipe. Chick peas (garbanzo) in a highly flavored tasty spicy curry sauce. Great served with yoghurt and fresh baked Naan bread.

Hot Cross Buns are a classic Easter treat, fragrant with warm spices and studded with juicy raisins. Fresh from the oven, their golden crust, tender crumb, and glossy glaze make them irresistible. This recipe yields soft, fluffy buns that are easy to prepare, perfect for a festive breakfast or afternoon tea. With clear steps and pro tips, you’ll create a batch of 12 buns to share with family and friends.

Quick steamed broccoli with fresh Caribbean inspired flavors.

Pumpkin spice cheesecake with graham crust and broiled coconut-almond crunch topping. Impressive fall dessert that requires 4 hours of chilling before serving.

Enjoy the taste of pumpkins with this scrumptious cookie that is perfect for a snack in between meals.

Weeknight ground beef chili built on a sneaky shortcut: a can of French onion soup blended smooth and mashed into the meat. Kidney beans, tomato paste, chili powder, and cumin do the rest. One pot, no chopping.

"A Contest winning recipe from Oma Rollison (my mother) featured in Reminisce Magazine with her now famous Banana's 'N Cream Bundt cake. A San Diego, Calif. newspaper once dubbed her "The Queen of Country Cooking." (I guess the apple never falls far from the tree.) She's no longer with us, but her wonderful recipes are."

Try this scrumptious light snack that you will enjoy down to the last bite.

Dark Christmas cake is the real, old-fashioned fruitcake: dense with raisins, currants, figs, dates, and almonds, deepened with brown sugar, prune juice, and brandy, then aged in brandy-soaked cheesecloth. Make it now, slice it at Christmas.

Recipe clipped from an old newspaper. Quick and easy and yummy! :)

Millet. Nutty and flavourful. Toasted and enriched with mushrooms, zucchini and, loads of toasted almonds. Ancient grains + flavour.

Excellent and easy easy barbeque sauce that was handed down from my Grandmother.

This is an AMAZING and beautiful meal. Make sure you have lots of sauce!

Try this rich and delectable cake that will have your family eager to enjoy a second slice!

Applesauce oat bran muffins with egg whites instead of whole eggs for a lower-cholesterol breakfast bake. High-fiber, lightly sweetened with brown sugar, and ready in 40 minutes.

"A tall, impressive cake that showcases the flavors and smells of the holidays. A three-layer extravaganza with a touch of molasses and shredded apple to keep it moist. It fills the house with a fragrance that beats the most expensive holiday-scented candle. It will be talked about long after the party is over." Source: The Pastry Queen Christmas, by Rebecca Rather

Three delicious autumn quick breads are made with same bread base but different fillings. They are all super moist and tasty, and they don't last long in our house.

Easy cherry pie with fluffy biscuit base, sweet cherry filling, and cinnamon streusel topping. No rolling dough required for this vintage shortcut dessert.

I added a little bit more honey, and the stuffed squashs were yummy.

Persimmon muffins sweetened with honey and spiced with cinnamon, mace, allspice, and clove. Soft, autumn-fragrant breakfast muffins that bake in 15 minutes.

Yummy peanutbutter cookies that are easy to make and extremely tasty.

This Mexican style enchilada casserole is loaded with flavor. Sauteed vegetables, spices and cheese make this casserole absolutely cheesy and delicious.

Loaded with veggies and with a hint of sweetness, this chili recipe has been my family's favorite for many, many years.

THis one was yummy.I heeded the advice of those who went before and used plenty of salt and also coarse chopped the spinach before cooking and skipped the processing. I didn't have any ricotta or tomato in the house and was dying to try it so I substituted extra firm silken tofu and just skipped the tomato. It was still delicious!

Turkish baklava layered with cinnamon-and-clove spiced walnuts between dozens of buttered phyllo sheets, then drenched in fragrant clove syrup. Crisp, flaky, and honey-sweet, cut into the classic diamond pieces.

These heirloom sweet pickles are worth the 8-day wait. Crisp cucumber coins bathe in a spiced vinegar-sugar brine for that old-fashioned crunch your grandma swore by.

Cranberry coconut muffins with tart whole cranberries, sweet shredded coconut folded through, and a toasted coconut top. Buttermilk tender, eighteen-muffin batch.

Decorated cookies the grownups will love---they're loaded with toasted almonds and candied orange peel.

These pumpkin spice bagels look great too. I really love the color of these bagels, pumpkin puree gives these bagels rich golden color, which makes the bagel look so yummy. Another great recipe with picture.

Super moist and packed with delicious flavors. These muffins were made with whole wheat flour, but still turned out soft and fluffy.

This is always a hit! I tweaked it by using 1/2 c oil and 3/4 c orange juice and it turned out great. We made these into muffins and put them in gift bags for our out-of-town guests at our wedding and they all loved them. For muffins, we baked at 350 for 25 minutes and it made about 22 muffins per batch.

Fluffy steamed buns filled with sweet Chinese BBQ pork. These dim sum favorites take time but reward with pillowy soft dough and savory-sweet char siu filling. Makes 12 buns.

A classic pumpkin pie spike with rum. Dark, rich and delicious.

Apricot marmalade made from dried apricots soaked overnight, simmered to a smooth pulp, then cooked with sugar and cinnamon. A four-ingredient classic preserve with a deep amber color.

Crunchy, refreshing and tasty. A great side dish with any barbecued meat.

In our extended family this version of pumpkin pie has earned the title!

Mexican style soup thickened with corn tortillas flavored with poblano pepper topped with cheese and crispy tortilla strips.

Really enjoyed this dish. Quite easy to make, and it was cheesy and delicious. A hearty and tasty meal. Will be making this recipe again.

Everybody likes change, so why not try to make these tasty cabbage rolls in your crockpot!

The name translates to pepper nuts in German, Danish and Dutch, describing their spicy taste as well as the fact that the recipe calls for a small amount of pepper.

This spicy Indian dish is best served with basmati or jasmine rice, warm nan, and ready-made mint chutney. A mango sorbet would be a nice finish to this meal.

A quick and easy way to make pickled beets, you don't have to wait for days, or do the canning process. Within 30 minutes, you will be able to enjoy these delicious picked beets.

If you think zucchini is just not your thing, this moist and chocolaty zucchini rum cake will knock your socks off and you even won't notice that there is zucchini in it. Such a deliciously sweet way to use up some of your seasonal zucchinis.

Tasty and nutritious. This big pot of stew will warm up your whole family and provides both delicious flavor and health benefits.