5,219 cinnamon recipes

A diabetic-friendly pumpkin cheese pie with a tangy cream cheese layer under spiced pumpkin custard. No added sugar, sweetened naturally for holiday tables that need a lighter dessert option.

Upside-down apple pie with a caramelized brown sugar and pecan bottom that becomes the glossy top when flipped. Glazed and served warm with the nuts on display.

Jefferson pie with brown sugar custard, dates, raisins, pecans, and warm spices in a flaky crust topped with meringue. A forgotten Southern heirloom dessert.

Italian pumpkin pie from the Po Valley with pasta frolla crust, fresh pumpkin filling, ground almonds, cornmeal, and candied orange peel. A rustic Northern Italian autumn dessert.

Linzer tart with a spiced almond crust, raspberry fruit spread, and a piped lattice top. An Austrian-inspired pastry sweetened with apple juice concentrate instead of refined sugar.

No-sugar raisin bars sweetened only with raisins and unsweetened apple juice, made with whole wheat flour and warm spices. Low calorie and naturally sweet.

Honey Whole Wheat Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies: chewy whole grain cookies sweetened with honey, packed with rolled oats, raisins, and shredded zucchini. Four dozen wholesome bites.

Cardamom whole wheat walnut biscotti combine ground walnuts, whole wheat flour, and warm cardamom into crisp twice-baked Italian cookies. No butter, no yolks, just clean flavor.

Hershey's 50% Reduced Fat Oatmeal Chip Cookies recipe

Hot curried fruit with poached pears, oranges, melon, and grapes in a warm spiced curry syrup topped with crystallized ginger. An elegant side dish for holiday entertaining.

Rice Pilaf with Apricots, Raisins and Pine Nuts recipe

Chicken livers cooked in schmaltz with shallots, mushrooms, and warm spices, then pureed with cognac into a silky, spreadable mousse. A French-inspired appetizer with serious sophistication.

Rugelach four ways: a single cream cheese pastry dough turned into raspberry-almond crescents, layered chocolate-pecan squares, apricot pockets and honey-pecan triangles. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Lamb with onions, a fragrant North Indian curry where onions do double duty, crisp-fried to deep brown and simmered into a yogurt gravy with ginger, garlic, cardamom and garam masala. Slow-braised until the lamb is tender.

This chocolate cake includes bananas both in the cake and creamy sauce.

Old-fashioned nut-free fruitcake with candied cherries, pineapple, grape jelly, and warm spices. Baked low and slow in three pans. Safe for nut allergies.