Cinnamon

By Food & Wine
Updated November 18, 2016
From a citrus-cinnamon punch to apple-cinnamon pancakes, these cinnamon-heavy recipes range from exciting breakfast dishes to filling dinners.
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Cinnamon-Raisin Bread

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Once you've baked this raisin-studded and cinnamon-swirled bread, the possibilities for using it are nearly endless. Make a peanut butter sandwich or slather a thick toasted slice with salted butter. Leftovers will make excellent French toast or bread pudding.

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Brazilian Pecan-Cinnamon Truffles

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Christina Bhan and Paula Barbosa of My Sweet Brigadeiro (mysweet.com) make 20 different versions of these chewy Brazilian candies, including traditional Rich Chocolate and Pecan-Cinnamon.

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Salmon Poached in Cinnamon Butter with Cedar-Planked Porcini

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Rucker conceived of this inventive salmon dish after sniffing a bag of porcini powder. "The aroma reminded me of cinnamon," he says. "So I opened a jar of cinnamon and smelled the two together. Voila! It worked."

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Cinnamon-Raisin Almond Flour Muffins

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Chewy raisins and a delicious buttery streusel topping add texture to these crumbly almond-flour muffins.

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Citrus-Cinnamon Punch

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Cinnamon flavors lots of holiday drinks, from eggnog to mulled wine. Here it appears in a juicy punch that's delicious spiked with Grand Marnier or Cognac.

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Apple-Cinnamon Pancakes

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These healthy wheat-free pancakes features a mixture of almond and white rice flour, as well as relatively little milk to create a thick, fluffy texture.

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Cinnamon Cake with Chile-Chocolate Buttercream

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In the sixth grade, Lisa Ritter prepared Mexican hot chocolate as part of a social studies project. Years later, she wanted to re-create that sweet-spicy sensation in a layer cake, so she developed a cinnamon-flavored sponge cake and subtly spicy buttercream frosting made with ancho chile powder and cayenne pepper. "This recipe makes great cupcakes, too," Ritter says.

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Cinnamon-Banana Bread

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This recipe is full of potassium-packed bananas. Instead of processed sugar, it calls for agave nectar, a natural sweetener; a little canola oil replaces the usual butter. The bread is an improvement on the one Erin McKenna often made with her mother when she was growing up: "I thought it was so healthy, because of the bananas. I didn't factor in all the sugar and butter."

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Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Bulgur Breakfast Bowl

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A nice change from oatmeal, try this warm breakfast bowl made with chewy bulgur, sweetened with brown sugar, cinnamon and fresh berries.

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Cinnamon Polenta Pancakes

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Using polenta (cornmeal) in addition to white flour in these pancakes makes them especially satisfying, as the ground whole grain delivers lots of fiber and a good amount of protein.

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Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

Credit: Todd Porter & Diane Cu
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Warm, fragrant and spiced with cinnamon apples, this wonderful quinoa breakfast bowl is a great way to start the morning.

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Roasted Cinnamon-Sugar Chickpeas

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Warning: you might not be able to stop yourself from eating all of these sweet, oven-roasted chickpeas.

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