Cinnamon

A French toast walks into a waffle iron and leaves crispier, custardy, and full of nooks and crannies perfect for catching an all too simple caramel sauce. 

Recipe developer Zaynab Issa’s Karak Chai is richer than most cups of tea, thanks to its generous use of evaporated milk and hints of vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom.  

Rather than tossing your orange peels, add a few to a batch of warming chai for a soothing sick-day (or any-day) beverage.

A concentrated spiced simple syrup to flavor any cold brew.

This Persian rice dish, known as kateh gojeh farangi, is the ideal late summer comfort food. The cinnamon tames the natural acidity of tomatoes, creating a sweet-savory aroma and flavor.

These fluffy buttermilk-laced buns are filled with a cinnamon-scented date purée to capture all that gooey sticky bun glory without being overly sweet.

Equal parts crunchy-sweet crumb and moist-pillowy cake—plus lots of ginger to balance all that buttery goodness.

A grown-up Shirley Temple with holiday-spiced grenadine syrup, club soda, and a twist. Adding Scotch is up to you.

Baking a single large-format tamal may not be traditional, but it produces a similarly tender, moist, barely sweet cake with pudding vibes.

We helped our snickerdoodles get party-ready by upping the spices and adding texture with toffee, cornflakes, and a sparkly finish.

Hold the apples, sub in squash, and mind the jaws dropping to the table for this show-stopping fall dessert.

Inside two layers of buttery, crumbly walnut crust hides a tart cranberry filling.

Pumpkin Spice Bread gets all grown up thanks to the addition of fresh ginger in this super-moist no-fuss bread with a crunchy pumpkin seed topping.

A slice of apple pie with a slab of sharp cheddar on it is one of life’s great gastronomical treasures.

Not all cinnamon is created equal.

Date syrup gives this savory, nutty eggplant salad the perfect amount of sweetness.

Harissa and lamb are a fantastic marriage in this hearty stew with minty yogurt.

The classic we all know and love—but better.

Imagine a mash-up of cinnamon toast, bread pudding, and pie.

Cinnamon lends additional sweetness to this savory jam, making it an excellent match with heavily spiced lamb or pork.

Roasted lamb shoulder that’s meltingly tender and then finished under the broiler until crisp and golden brown.

This dead-simple oat topping can be repurposed for ANY fruit. All of the fruit! Any ol’ fruit!

Eat, pray, loaf.

This chaider recipe is our warm, spiced-up, wintery alternative to bulletproof coffee. It’s a sweet mash-up of masala chai flavors and mulled cider, with an unexpected buttery finish to smooth it all out.