Strong coffee steeped with cinnamon sticks, cloves, and allspice, then topped with sweetened whipped cream. A warming Viennese-style spiced coffee for chilly evenings.
Crunchy candied pecans coated in a cinnamon-vanilla meringue and slow-baked in butter. These addictive Swedish Nuts are the holiday snack your guests will fight over.
Old-fashioned jelly top cookies made with molasses, lard, and warm spices. Rolled, dipped in egg white and sugar, then topped with a jewel of firm jelly.
Sweet potato pie with mashed yams, cream, vanilla, and a bright squeeze of lemon. The Southern Sunday-supper dessert that splits the difference between custard pie and pumpkin.
Grilled tandoori turkey kabobs rubbed with cumin, cinnamon, and cayenne, served in warm pita with cool cucumber-mint raita. A lean, flavor-packed dinner in under 30 minutes.
Classic double-crust apple pie with a from-scratch butter pastry, thinly sliced green apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Includes a homemade pie dough recipe for flaky, golden results.
Creamy curried carrot soup with apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a yogurt swirl. Vegetarian, low-fat, and served chilled for a sweet-savory starter.
Greek honey bread from the island of Sifnos with ricotta cheese, eggs, cinnamon, and three cups of honey baked in a dough-lined pan. A traditional Cycladic sweet pastry cut in diamond shapes.
This bread machine nut bread stays unbelievably soft thanks to cottage cheese and sour cream. Loaded with walnuts, raisins, oats, and whole wheat, it fills your kitchen with warm cinnamon fragrance.
Oven-baked orange French toast on whole wheat bread, soaked in orange-juice egg custard and inverted onto a honey-cinnamon glaze. Brunch-friendly bake that feeds a small crowd.
Soft spiced raisin drop cookies made with cookie mix, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, topped with a smooth vanilla butter frosting. A semi-homemade shortcut for holiday cookie trays.
Pumpkin delight is a no-bake layered dessert: a graham cracker base under a fluffy spiced pumpkin filling of cream cheese, vanilla pudding, and whipped topping. A lighter, make-ahead alternative to pumpkin pie.
Moist chocolate zucchini bundt cake with cream cheese frosting hides two cups of shredded zucchini in every tender, cocoa-rich slice.
A European-style layered chocolate cake with rum-laced frosting, warm cinnamon, and a hint of lemon zest. Two thin cake strips sandwiched with rich chocolate buttercream.
Low-fat oatmeal loaded with fresh apple chunks, raisins, walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. A warm, naturally sweetened breakfast bowl that's also diabetic-friendly.
A quick 30-minute ground beef chili with cinnamon, cumin, green chiles, and a surprising twist of raisins for sweetness. Simple, warming, and ready for a weeknight bowl over rice.