#cinnamon

#cinnamon

Just a spoonful of cinnamon powder brings natural warmth and sweetness to pie dough. This is the kind of upgrade that can bring new life to old favorite recipes. The flavor of cinnamon can hold ground when paired with more buttery or fruity fillings to make dessert pies. Your favorite pecan, apple, and sweet potato pies can truly shine when nested into a cinnamon-enhanced crust.

A quintessential holiday spice made by a single manufacturer has been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for possible contamination. The FDA recalled Lucky Foods brand cinnamon powder on Tuesday after an analysis conducted by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets found high levels of lead. It's unclear how the product became contaminated. Lead may be present in food products as a result of the environment in which they're grown or processed.

Slice-and-bake icebox cookies are the ultimate make-ahead treat. You can make a batch and bake as many as you like, saving the rest of the dough in the freezer. These simple swirled cookies are rolled in finely chopped pecans. They're mildly sweet-perfect for after dinner or paired with coffee. These cookies are Low-Carb Diabetes-Friendly. How to make Cinnamon Icebox Cookies Recipe yields 80 cookies Ingredients

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Cinnamon, the star of pillowy cinnamon rolls and anything apple-based, seems like an innocent spice, but it can potentially be lethal. It has a distinct bold flavor that's both hard to explain and to replicate, but there's one ingredient that has nothing to do with taste - lead. Apparently some ground cinnamon products in the U.S. have been found to contain the heavy metal.

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Cinnamon can be added to foods and drinks in both whole and powdered form, with powdered cinnamon preferred for baking and dessert recipes.