29 cinnamon twist recipes

Jewish rugelach with a flaky cottage cheese dough, apricot jam, cinnamon-sugar, walnuts, and currants rolled into golden crescents. A holiday cookie jar essential for Hanukkah or Christmas.

Apples and bananas poached in spiced coffee syrup with brown sugar, fresh ginger, cinnamon stick, and orange. A grown-up fruit dessert with cinnamon pastry twists on the side.

Glace baklava rolls candied fruit, ground almonds, and egg-bound sugar inside buttered phyllo, bakes until golden, then soaks in lemon-cinnamon syrup. A festive twist on classic Greek baklava.

Homemade banana chips fried crisp, then tossed in coconut treacle, sugar, and cinnamon for a sticky-sweet snack. A Sri Lankan twist on crunchy fried banana with warm spice in every bite.

Fattigmann is a Norwegian fried pastry cookie flavored with cardamom or cinnamon, twisted into slit diamonds and crisped in lard. A traditional Scandinavian Christmas treat with powdered sugar.

Spiced chocolate layer cake with coffee, cinnamon, and cloves, frosted with cinnamon whipped cream. A rich, warmly spiced twist on classic chocolate cake.

Pan-fried chicken rubbed with lemon and cinnamon, served with sauteed bananas and a creamy pan gravy. A Southern classic with an unexpected sweet-spiced twist.

Homemade yeast cinnamon rolls swirled with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins, then finished with a coffee-spiked confectioners' glaze. Soft, pillowy from-scratch rolls with a grown-up twist on the icing.

Princess Di's French toast spreads cream cheese between toasted egg bread slices before dipping in vanilla-cinnamon custard. A royal twist on a brunch classic.

Pineapple crisp with a brown sugar oat topping, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A tropical twist on classic fruit crisp using canned pineapple chunks for an easy year-round dessert.

Crisp Italian pizzelle cookies with cocoa and cinnamon pressed into lacy, wafer-thin rounds. A chocolate twist on the classic holiday wafer cookie.

Guinness stout cheesecake with cream cheese, cinnamon, and vanilla baked in a springform pan. A boozy, malty twist on classic cheesecake for stout lovers.

Cinnamon-sugar baked apple slices topped with vanilla ice cream and golden meringue. A stunning twist on classic Baked Alaska that's easier than it looks.

Plunder Flechten, a traditional German twisted pastry filled with candied fruit and cinnamon sugar, brushed with apricot preserves. Made from Plunderteig, an enriched laminated dough.

Khvorost are crispy Russian fried dough twists dusted in cinnamon sugar, made with a vodka-laced dough for extra crunch. Served with apricot sauce for dipping.

Baked cinnamon-sugar doughnuts and doughnut holes made from Bisquick batter, twisted into playful bow knot shapes and dunked in melted butter. Ready in 20 minutes flat.