10,000 spiced recipes

Old-fashioned brown sugar crumb cake uses a single mixture for both the cake and the crumb topping. A coffee-cake classic with cinnamon spice and a streusel-like crown, dusted with powdered sugar.

Swedish-spiced meatballs with allspice, nutmeg, and ginger, rolled in cornmeal and browned in bacon fat, then simmered in a savory pan gravy and served over buttered noodles. A hearty Scandinavian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Skyline-style Cincinnati chili: simmered ground beef in a thin tomato-spiced sauce with cinnamon, allspice, and a hint of vinegar. Served over spaghetti with shredded cheese in the classic Ohio diner style.

A frozen pumpkin pie made with vanilla ice cream and a spiced pecan-gingersnap crust. Creamy, no custard to bake, and made entirely ahead in the freezer. A cool twist on pumpkin pie.

Oatmeal crusty top apple pie pairs a tender lard-and-oat bottom crust with a brown sugar streusel topping. Cinnamon-spiced apples bake under a crunchy oat crumble for a single-crust pie that drinks like dessert and breakfast at once.

Beef stick lima bean casserole with summer sausage, tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, and melted cheddar cheese baked low and slow. Dried limas soaked overnight, simmered, then baked for 2 hours in a spiced tomato sauce.

Lighter zucchini bread made with whole-wheat flour, egg whites, and applesauce instead of oil, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, and studded with walnuts. Low-fat, kid-approved, and bakes into two adorable mini loaves.

Sweet, sour and salty chunks of beef roast just melted in my mouth. The spices added just right amount of yumminess. The sauce was so flavourful too. My plate was clean in the end, because I couldn't leave anything behind. Yum!

Deep dish blueberry pie with a buttery egg yolk crust, rum-spiked filling, and eight cups of berries baked until bubbling. A top-crust-only pie loaded with fruit and lightly spiced with cinnamon.

Creamy garlic soup made with 40 cloves of garlic, plum tomatoes, and a hint of cayenne and curry. A pureed cream soup with deep mellow garlic flavor and a touch of warming spice.

Hungarian goulash soup: tender beef and potatoes in a brothy, deeply paprika-spiced base with caraway, marjoram, and a hint of lemon peel. The classic gulyas served as a hearty, soul-warming soup.

Moroccan-spiced bulgur baked with dried apricots, prunes, and apples in a fragrant mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, and coriander. A hearty, fiber-rich winter side dish with sweet-savory depth in every bite.

Honey apple tea simmers black tea with apple juice and honey for a warming spiced-cider-meets-tea drink. Perfect for cold afternoons, after-school snacks, and holiday gatherings. Ready in 20 minutes.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts made with cooked winter squash, cinnamon, and nutmeg, fried golden brown. These tender, spiced doughnuts taste like autumn and make about 2 1/2 dozen from a single batch.

Smoked BBQ chicken marinated overnight in Italian dressing, rubbed with spice, then smoked low and slow with hourly lemon mopping and a barbecue sauce glaze. Juicy, smoky chicken for the grill or smoker.

Sweet green tomato pie: thin-sliced unripe tomatoes baked like fruit in a spiced, double-crust pie. Tart and tangy with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, it tastes surprisingly like old-fashioned apple pie.