There are many fillings that you can substitute, but nothing quite as fitting for the holiday as cinnamon and cardamom.

A Christmastime Filipino sweet coconut rice cake with shredded coconut, salted duck eggs, and grated cheese.

A cardamom cookie with a hint of coffee from the coffee extract and espresso powder.

Yogurt and olive oil give this chocolate loaf cake a tender crumb and help to keep it real dense and moist.

A two fer! Homemade bread bowls that hold a homemade curried salmon chowder.

This has an Oreo cookie crust, chocolate mousse and chocolate pudding layers, topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

These pull apart rolls are dredged in cinnamon sugar, stuffed with diced apples and glazed with an apple juice reduction syrup.

This bread pudding is more layered than cubed. You can also just serve it without the sunny side eggs for a croque monsieur.

Although these are mushroom blondies, they are all sweet with the use of candy cap mushrooms, a naturally maple syrup flavored mushroom

A simple muffin recipe showcasing the wonderful combo of pears, hazelnuts, and mini chocolate chips.

These sesame seed cookies have only 6 ingredients and can be ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes.

Candy cap mushrooms give off a maple syrup-like flavor and scent. Nobody will guess that you put powdered mushrooms in these cookies.

These cookies also have brown butter, nutmeg, and espresso powder for added interest.