Cinnamon. It’s a constant in my cupboard.
Cinnamon is that spice that instantly makes baked goods feel extra warm and extra comforting.
The smell from the oven? Pretty much perfect.
It feels like Autumn is trying to sneak up on us. Cinnamon just makes sense these days. Let me show you some things I’ve shown you before. This seems like a good weekend for some baking.
Pear Spice Cake with Walnut Praline Topping. Rich. Spiced. Delicate. Caution: you will want to eat the praline topping by the fistful. You’ll have to stop yourself. Good luck.
Vegan Coconut Pineapple Banana Bread.
That’s a lot of words…. and there’s cinnamon in it too.
This is one of my favorite breads over. I make it when there’s nothing left in my fridge but dying bananas.
Yea…
Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti… like toast became a cookie. Awesome.
Ohmygosh. This Spiced Apple Cake is so crazy yummy. Maybe I’m just a sucker for baked apples and cinnamon.
Duh.
It’s vegan. It’s pumpkin. It’s walnut. It’s cinnamon. It’s maple syrup. It’s super dang good.
If you’ve been here for a while and you haven’t yet made this Apple Crisp, I don’t know what to tell you… this recipe is a game changer. Trust me. Please. Go. Do. Go. Do. Go. Do. Go. Do!
I swear… cooking rice in sugar and milk has got to be one of the best things man has ever created. Well…that and mouth breathing. You know that feels good.
And!
Tea inspired, Chai Spice Pancakes. Because I will find any and every excuse to make up a new pancake recipe.
pham
I admire u very much, please keep doing what u’re doing… :)
cakes to hyderabad
great cakes mix. I really love your blog.
Anne
Joy, you have some kind of great blog here, it is totally awesome! Every single recipe is too die for and when I see them I go nutty wanting every single one of them. Do you have a cookbook that covers all of them? I could get fat just reading them! I have made quite a few of the recipes and I have been getting raves right and left. I love to bake and have always loved collecting recipes like yours! Makes me want to dance all over the place, spread my wings and fly and tell everyone out there who likes to bake to come here and see all your wonderful stuff to make. Thanks for all your culinary skills and for sharing them with us.
Katherine @ Dexter & Dinah
I also just discovered this blog and would make everything on this page! I can’t wait to try the Vegan Pumpkin Walnut Bread – I’m always on the lookout for vegan recipes because I too frequently run out of eggs/butter. Thanks for this round up!
Lucia
Brown rice rice pudding. Rice cooked in milk makes autumn warmer. Cinnamon too. Together they hug and kiss and smile to you.
guntur
“Vegan Coconut Pineapple Banana Bread.” is my favorite one.Great combination. I like it.
Nicole
I absolutely love cinnamon! I became more excited as my eyes glanced from one photo to the next. Those recipes all look & sound amazing! I must try them soon!
S.
That picture of the pear spice cake with walnut praline topping is mouthwatering!
Quiana
Cinnamon is my favorite thing. And I just received a generous gift or about three million apples.
Thanks for the recipes!
The Klutzy Cook
Definitely brown rice pudding for me. I love rice pudding but have never tried it with brown rice. Can’t wait. Thanks.
marla {family fresh cooking}
Wow, if this post doesn’t make me want to bust into the kitchen to bake then I don’t know what would. Cinnamon anything & everything is a favorite over here :)
The Food Hunter
I have my eye on the cinnamon sugar biscotti
Teale
So, I bought grannies today so I could make a nice crisp crisp, but once again you’ve blown my perfectly good idea right out of the water, because…. I have all the ingredients in my pantry to make spiced apple cake!
So, ummm…. Thanks!
Eva
I love this compilation, it’s giving me so many recipes to draw from once the holidays come around! I’m pretty set on the Pear Spice Cake though, that gooey walnut praline topping looks to die for :)
Free Recipes Online
I have a bit of a sweet tooth so I have to say I love the Cinnamon sweets.
Sagan
Ooh I want it all! Particularly the spiced apple cake. Mmmm. LOOOOVE cinnamon.
Jen
Joy, i made the apiced apple cake last night — DELISH! Although i was worried (are these TART apples? can i use my BUNDT pan instead of spring form?) It came out wonderful. This may have to be a “regular” receipe for me! Thanks again!
Andrea
Lately I’ve been going through cinnamon so fast it’s kind of ridiculous. I even put it in my smoothies.
Danielle
Hi Joy,
Lovely to meet you officially! I have loved reading your blog for a few months now. I follow a few but yours is definitely a favourite. Thanks for your regular updates! I still haven’t been able to get over your Peanut Butter Fudge Treats. Thank YOU!
Oh, and I wish we had canned pumpkin here in New Zealand for your pumpkin recipes – but we don’t, what would you use instead? Boiled pumpkin?
Brianna
I just discovered your blog & I think I may love you.
Auntie Jo Jo
Stop your killing me.
Secret Recipes Exposed
The pictures alone are good enough to eat ;)
Llanos
Wow! I’m writing from Spain, I love your website and i always recommend everybody to come and visit you. I’ve done some of your recipes (the best chocolate frosting EVER) and they always success! But what I like best is how funny you are!! And cinnamon, I love it!
Sorry if my English isn’t good…
delaney @ heartbreakpie
What a great trawl through some divine recipes! It’s so easy to forget that blogs like yours a treasure troves of goodness. Those pancakes will be mine! I love cinnamon.
Stacy
I would like to eat every single thing pictured here. P.S. How do you stay fit when you eat these wonderful creations?!
Katrina
I just made apple crisp tonight! Cinnamon makes me sooo happy :)
Lisa
Remember that one time you said “Go. Do”? Like, today? Well, you reminded me of Jonsi’s album, Go Do. So, Go. Do. Listen!
joythebaker
I love that song!
Lisa
I haven’t seen him live, but I got to see Sigur Rós live in Chicago a few years ago. It was the best ever!
chocolate freckles
So many great recipes which one to choose?
Jess @ Bakericious
all looks so delicious!
Stephanie
You are SO right! Cinnamon is synonymous with Autumn. I find that I hardly even use it during the Summer or Spring months. Come Autumn and Winter though… I put cinnamon in almost everything! Seriously, we buy the ginormous container of cinnamon at CostCo. Yum!
Lora @cakeduchess
I love all of these dessert. They are equally tempting and gorgeous. Where do I start? Decisions…decisions.
Happy weekend!
Gen
As you said, cinnamon is super dang good! And even more with apples. Yummy autumn!
e.day
ahhh i will have to make that spiced apple cake immediately!! so amazing. and apple crisp was a staple dessert in my house growing up. it is only the best thing in the world EVER for autumn and winter. cinnamon = heaven
jenny
“well, that and mouth breathing.”
LOL. joy, you always make my day. and yes, fellow cinnamon addict right here.
Jessica @ bake me away!
No way! I made your pumpkin bread and apple crisp for Thanksgiving last year, and here they are listed one right after the other. It’s like they were meant to go together! Both were super yummy, of course, but the bread was my favorite. Plus, I tricked my family into eating something vegan, and they had no clue. :)
Laurab @ foodsnobstl
I adore that cinnamon sugar bicotti recipe. I make them all the time.
Rachel M.
I have called off my search for the perfect man and decided to marry the praline topping on your pear cake. I think if I bake a super rich, moist cinnamon chocolate bundt cake to pour it on I will live happily ever after. Of course there is also a chance I eat so many of these wonderful chocolatey, praline covered deliciousnesses (is that a word?) that rescue crews will have to remove from my house with a fork lift…I pretty much think it’s worth it…
Nicole
Holy baked goods deliciousness! I’ve been sprinkling my Vietnamese cinnamon on Honey Crisp apples lately and now I need to expand. Wow, yum.
Thetreadmilldiaries
Wow! These desserts look phenomenal. My mouth was literally watering going through these pics. I have to try several of these. How can I not?
Niamh
Cinnamon = autumn to me. I’ll be making cinnamon-scented apple crumble with my sister this weekend!
Sushi Girl
Going to bake the Pear Spice cake (drooool) Sunday to make me happy while doing my art homework, heck I may even include it in my still life if it lasts that long ;)
*love*
life and kitchen
Yum, I love cinnamon. It is always being used in my kitchen too… especially now that it is apple season!
megabite
I love love love anything cinnamon sugar. And I forgot about those dreamy chai pancakes! I need to make those this weekend. I just need to!
P.S. Remember that time you forgot to call your grandma on her birthday? Well, I forgot to call my dad on his birthday, yesterday! Ah! I’m making him the no-bake peanut butter tart next week when he’s in town. Think that’ll make up for it?
laura @ alittlebarefoot
cinnamon is my favorite spice! thanks for all the great ways to use it :)
Laura
Joy, I have to tell you. My roommate made that Pear Spice Cake with praline recently. We LOST OUR MINDS it was so good. And like whoosh. It was gone.
Sonia
Oh.No.You.Di’int. First email I open of the day and I have praline topping staring me down! Everything in this post looks delicious! I’m totally making that praline-y thing today, for sure.
P.S. You and your blog are awesome. <3
Jen
Joy, this is fabulous! I’m going apple picking this w/e and have been looking for really good apple recipes! Thanks so much! Have a super weekend!! Woo Hoo for FRIDAY!
Rachel
I’m currently almost out of cinnamon. I’ll need to get more to make your cinnamon sugar biscotti! I love the idea of cinnamon toast as a cookie!
julie @ rosy + tart
Holy geebus. That pear spice cake just made my morning. Must. Make. Now.
Janelle
One thing my mom taught me is that whatever the recipe calls for, it’s never enough cinnamon. She was right.
The Blue-Eyed Bakers
Oh thank you thank you thank you! We adore all of these recipes…and those cinnamon biscotti!?! We need to whip up a batch right now to enjoy with our morning coffee!
Jill in Atlanta
I made apple butter in my crockpot yesterday. I left it to cook until this morning… 21 hours in there, on high all day and warm overnight (I’m afraid of fire!). We ate it on English muffins this morning, but the taste was nothing compared to waking to that smell. Oh, that smell! Do cinnamon and apples just love each other or what?
We’re going apple picking on Saturday and I promise to make your apple crisp. My family will love me– I mean, love IT.
Reagan @ Recipesmademyway
Oh my goodness!! That Pear spice cake with praline topping looks AMAZING!! I never even knew what a praline was until I moved to the south… now I’m obsessed!
the blissful baker
i just had breakfast, but all these awesome recipes are making me hungry! yummm
Darcy
Cinnamon is my bff of the spice cabinet. I’m staring at an apple bundt cake sitting on my table (which is all cinnamony) right at this very moment thinking how much I love cinnamon, and fall, and apples, and cake. I can’t go on with living a rich & fulfilling life until I make that pear spice cake and the apple crisp. Praline, yummmmm.
Silvia
So many great ideas! The pumpkin bread looks promising indeed, and I would like to recommend to everyone the coconut pineapple vegan banana bread, it’s the best, my family can never get enough.
Great weekend for baking!
Jen-
Cinnamon sounds wonderful this time of year! It doesn’t hurt that cinnamon is thought to be a fighter of cancer AND helps keep blood-sugar down. Cool huh?! Thanks for the recipes…can’t wait to try them!
Kylie @ A Hungry Spoon
If this post doesn’t scream “Happy Friday!” I don’t know what does. I’m super excited to try your vegan pumpkin bread recipe. I’ve been using the same one every week this season (I love it–why fix what already works, right?), but I’ll definitely give this recipe a shot this weekend.
And I couldn’t agree more–Why isn’t is socially acceptable to eat walnut praline topping out of a bowl?
Have a great weekend :)
LA
You are the answer to my autumn dreams. Yum yum yum! I also love to add cinnamon & a dash of nutmeg to my morning coffee grounds to add a bit of spice & autumn charm to my morning joe.
Vicki B
Cinnamon! You are so right. Fantastic recipe recap. I’ve never made biscotti. Got to try these.
Aaron
anything that’s good is better with cinnamon. for real.
HappyWhenNotHungry
I love cinnamon especially in the fall! These recipes are making my mouth water. I will definitely have to try that pear spice cake with praline topping. Thanks for sharing :-)
Heather (Heather's Dish)
and THIS is why i love cinnamon…i’m pretty sure you could make something like corn smut pâté with it and it would taste fabulous.
ok, fine, maybe not. but i do love cinnamon :)
Amalia
Mmm that crisp…looks so amazing. I have a great apple and cinnamon recipe if you’d like to try another! its blondie, is apple, is caramel and cinnamon… is the best thing I’ve ever made…
Love your blog SO much.
-Amalia
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday
Cinnamon is my favourite.
I usually double it in any recipe that calls for it, or add it to any recipe that doesn’t!
I even add it to a lot of my savoury dishes
Wei-Wei
I’m thinking I need to bookmark this: I feel like eating so much cinnamon now :D
Stoich91
Woah. Nelly. Goodbye, cruel world. This is amazing.
Meg H.
I’m going to make those chai pancakes this weekend – spiced, warm, comforting. Yum! (And I make James Beard’s zucchini bread which is called Cinnamon Bread in my house – my daughters don’t even know there is a vegetable in it! hee hee)
Estela @ Weekly Bite
I’ve died on gone to cinnamon heaven!
Lauren at KeepItSweet
that apple crisp is calling my name- especially since i have apples and pears from costco taking over my kitchen
Tabitha (From Single to Married)
I agree – cinnamon is a comfort food, definitely!
Jason Sandeman
I love cinnamon as well. I was wondering though, how do you feel about cassia bark? I love the earthiness it gives to a dish. I sometimes opt for it over cinnamon. One of my favorite herbal teas is cranberry with a hint of cassia, it reminds me of a nice fall cider. :)
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
I’d love to try the pancakes – I love chai!
Joe @ Eden Kitchen
Holy heck that’s quite the assortment of cinnamon recipes you have! Good thing too coz I love love love cinnamon and will pretty much try any recipe that includes it…
Musketnuss
Wait! Did you spy on me? My last post was about cinnamon too. I’m so in for everything containing cinnamon. And apples. Oh, autumn is just the perfect time of the year. I love the apple cake and the biscotti! YUM!
michelle
and i find every excuse to make every recipe that has chai in it. it took everything in me not to drink that batter when i made these. you are a pancake god (dess?)
Marisa
Joy, I found your blog the other day while looking for pan dulce recipes. I found out two things:
1. It’s a beautiful site!
2. You’re hilarious, interesting, and an exceptional baker. And a damn good photographer, I might add!
I actually did an adaptation of your Chewy Ginger Chocolate Cookies the other day. I didn’t have any ginger so I substituted pumpkin spice for ginger and nutmeg for the cloves. They turned out really well! They were tasty and autumn-y.
I really need to get to the store and actually buy some dang ginger already.
And pumpkin puree. I am going to make that pumpkin bread. It looks so good!
I’m so sorry your neighbor threw those cupcakes away! What kind were they?