cinnamon

Brunch

Cinnamon Brioche French Toast Skewers Recipe

Top Chef's Richard Blais serves up a sweet brunch

May 19, 2013 10:31 am

Photo: John Lee

This recipe for French toast from Top Chef's Richard Blais uses buttery brioche for an extra-rich brunch experience. Use long cinnamon sticks to skewer them and infuse with extra cinnamon flavor. Following the food on a stick theory, these are better than any kind of regular French toast we can think of. Mmm. The recipe, after the jump.

Big Ideas

Why Do People Love Eating Dangerous Foods?

Going crazy for hot chilies, spoonfuls of cinnamon

Apr 24, 2013 11:01 am

Photos: ccwod, Domenico Licciardiello on Flickr

Hospitalization. Asphyxiation that can lead to death. These are the potential consequences of voluntarily eating some common and often popular foods. With these possible side effects widely documented, what is it exactly that causes people to not only include these foods in their diets but to go out of their ways to find them? Let’s take a look.

Brunch

Toasted Oatmeal Waffles With A Hint Of Cinnamon Recipe

Oatmeal waffles with a sweet, grainy balance

Mar 17, 2013 10:26 am

Photo: Lucy Schaeffer

The cooked oatmeal that goes into this batter starts with quick-cooking rolled oats that are toasted in a bit of butter until they give off an amazing aroma. Toasting is an extra step, but it’s well worth the effort for the alluring, butterscotchy quality that it brings out in the grain. Bake the waffles until they’re deeply browned so that they form a delicately crisp crust that contrasts beautifully with the moist, custardy interior.

Food Republic Roundups

13 Warming Food And Drink Recipes With Cinnamon

Cooking with cinnamon is a winter must

Jan 25, 2013 1:01 pm

Or just try to eat it from a spoon and end up on YouTube, whichever. We're going to use it the way nature intended: to spice up warming winter recipes sweet, savory and boozy. Something about cold weather just begs for a spicy, earthy hit of cinnamon, so here are our 13 favorite recipes starring everyone's favorite seasoning made from tree bark.

Just Dessert

The Only Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe You Need To Know

Crisp cinnamon sugar cookies à la Pichet Ong

Dec 17, 2012 4:01 pm

We're big on desserts by pastry chef Pichet Ong (and we won't turn down his style advice, either). His recipe for snickerdoodles is perfect when the urge to bake holiday cookies strikes. No fussy chopping of nuts or fine grating of chocolate, no salted goat milk caramel. Just crisp, chewy, cinnamon-sugar cookies you might want to bake by the double-batch.

Brunch

Pumpkin Ale Cinnamon Roll Recipe

With butterscotch cream cheese frosting, please.

Nov 3, 2012 11:31 am

Since I can't drink beer in the morning without getting the stink eye from my neighbors, I just throw it into my cinnamon rolls, thanks to this recipe from Jess DiBona, pastry chef at San Diego bourbon baron Barleymash. You can use any pumpkin beer you'd like, but it's wise to choose from this list of the best pumpkin brews to try right now.

Drink Better

The Jonathan Chapman Cocktail Recipe

Rum-based drink is perfect to enjoy in autumn

Sep 24, 2012 4:01 pm

Photo: Kelly Neal

Named in honor of folk hero Johnny Appleseed, this cocktail is warm in spice, cool and refreshing, and big on apple — which is as autumn in these parts as you can get. There’s also notes of allspice, molasses and cinnamon.

Brunch

Cinnamon Toast Recipe

How to make cinnamon toast, just like mom did

May 6, 2012 10:01 am

Photo: jeffreyw on Flickr

I love a no-cook breakfast that requires only slightly more effort than pouring milk over cereal in a bowl. Cinnamon toast is just that. There's nothing like a hot, tasty and satisfying 5-minute meal.