Pumpkin Pie Spice

Obsessed with pumpkin pie spice? Here’s how to make your own, so you can add it to all your fall recipes. Use it to flavor pies, cakes, cookies, breads, pancakes and even your morning coffee. This recipe is written to be flexible. Make enough for a single pumpkin pie, or make enough to last you all season.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe

Ingredients

To Make 1 teaspoon:
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

To Make 1/2 cup:
4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground ginger
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon ground allspice

What You Do:

Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl. Break up any clumps, so your spice mix has a smooth consistency. Then, transfer your finished pumpkin pie spice to an air-tight container. The half-cup recipe fits nicely in an empty spice jar or a 4-ounce jelly jar. Be sure to label your jar, so you don’t confuse it with something else.

Most pumpkin pie recipes call for between one teaspoon and one tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. If you just need enough for the recipe you’re currently working on, simply double or triple the one teaspoon version to create the right amount.

How to Use Your Pumpkin Pie Spice

Use some of your homemade pumpkin pie spice to make bread machine pumpkin bread, easy crockpot pumpkin butter, spice cake mix or slow cooker sweet potato casserole.

Then, give your favorite baked goods a fall makeover by adding 1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice to the recipe. This works with cakes and muffins, pancakes, breads and even cookies. It’s also delicious sprinkled on coffee, oatmeal and cakes.

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