Recipe Sifter

Indian spicy curry powder: a 12-spice homemade curry blend with toasted cumin, coriander, mustard, fennel, cardamom, cloves, mace, and chilies. Big-batch pantry essential for authentic Indian cooking.

Molasses shoo-fly cake is the iconic Pennsylvania Dutch pie: alternating layers of dark molasses custard and spiced brown-sugar crumbs in a flaky pastry shell. Coffee, dunked, no negotiation.

Spice muffins with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg topped with butter and cinnamon sugar. Use applesauce, plums, apricots, pears, or squash for variety.

Jamaican chicken wings marinate overnight in jerk seasoning with Scotch bonnet, allspice, dark rum, and warm spices, then bake to a sticky-sweet finish. Authentic Caribbean party wings.

Buttermilk coffee cake with a streusel-style cinnamon-clove crumb topping made from the same dough. A tangy, tender 9x13 cake that doubles as breakfast or afternoon coffee snack. Stir in raisins or nuts. Freezes beautifully.

Middle Eastern fried pastries filled with spiced almond-cinnamon filling and dipped in sugar syrup. Crispy finger-shaped cookies that freeze beautifully.

Applesauce spice cake, low-fat Bundt with whipped egg whites for lift, warm cinnamon-nutmeg-clove-ginger spice, and dark corn syrup for moisture. No butter, no whole eggs, still tender and richly flavored.

Amazing Spiced Apple Cake with Raisin and Walnuts recipe

Dense fruitcake layered with applesauce batter, citron, and nuts. Molasses and warm spices add depth. This slow-baked cake takes 2 hours at low heat for proper moisture and texture. A holiday classic.

White chicken chili with dried white beans, green chiles, cumin, and oregano, finished with shredded Monterey Jack, salsa, and sour cream. Serves twelve from one pot.

Mediterranean garlic soup made with five whole heads of garlic, white wine, and a silky egg-yolk-and-olive-oil emulsion finish. A French aigo bouido style soup that's pure aromatic comfort.

Old-fashioned boiled fruit cake loaded with raisins, figs, and warm spices. The boiling method creates an incredibly moist crumb that stays fresh for days. Serves 12.

A traditional Acadian blood pudding made from fresh pork blood, slow-simmered pork, heart, lung, and neck with onions, cloves, savory, and coriander. Served as a sauce or stuffed into natural casings.

Bran hermit cookies spiced with cinnamon, cloves, mace, and nutmeg, studded with raisins. A rolled and cut old-fashioned spice cookie with a wholesome bran twist.

Authentic Mexican chorizo made with pork, toasted ancho and pasilla chilies, whole spices, and vinegar. Cure it for 3 days and the flavor deepens into something store-bought can never touch.

Authentic slow-simmered Indian curry with freshly toasted and ground whole spices, served over fragrant cardamom-turmeric basmati rice. Use any pre-cooked meat for a deeply spiced homemade curry.