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    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

    September 10, 2018 by Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

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    Helene Dsouza
    Add some of the homemade Pumpkin pie spice mix to your cookie and cakes. See more ideas on how to use the homemade pumpkin pie spice further below:
    Total Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
    2 Tablespoons
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    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice is the ultimate fall spice mixture, radiating warmth, and comfort.

    Prepare your DIY spice mix to create a superior quality of Pumpkin Pie Spice!

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]
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    TL;DR

    Pumpkin Pie Spice is a warm fall spice blend, popular across North America.

    The spices used in the DIY seasoning combined compliment each other.

    The spice blend is called pumpkin pie spice because that was the primary use before the spice mixture took off completely and people started to use it in all kinds of dessert and drinks.

    I think Starbucks was the one to draw our attention to the comforting pumpkin spice flavors with their pumpkin spice latte.

    Since that, we have been going crazy for those spice blend in all our foods and this won't change so soon!

    After all, pumpkin pie spice is quite versatile, and you can experiment by adding it to cookies, iced coffee, your morning oatmeal porridge and much more.

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    Ingredient Notes

    Quality spices are used to prepare this pumpkin pie spice.

    You can start from zero with whole spices or use powdered versions.

    For the best pumpkin pie spice, I suggest you try to use only whole ingredients.

    It's much more laborious, but your efforts will pay off and will result in a pure, most amazing tasting pumpkin pie spice mixture.

    • Cinnamon
    • Ginger powder
    • Nutmeg
    • Clove
    • Allspice
    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    Eventually, if you can't get allspice, then you can skip it altogether and increase by a tad tiny amount of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove to make up for the allspice.

    Yet, I always make it a point to add allspice because I think it defines the homemade pumpkin pie spice.

    Otherwise, your pumpkin pie spice will taste like a chai spice blend (which by the way you can substitute pumpkin pie spice with certain chai spice blend varieties)

    Tip: Try to use organic untreated spices, fair trade spices, or at least spices with a clear origin.

    That way, you know your spices are “clean” and of better quality.

    Organic Pumpkin Pie Spice is another reason why you should be making your own blend at home.

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    📖 Recipe

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix Recipe

    Add some of the homemade Pumpkin pie spice mix to your cookie and cakes. See more ideas on how to use the homemade pumpkin pie spice further below:
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Condiment
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2 Tablespoons
    Calories: 24kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ Tablespoon Cinnamon Ground
    • 1 Teaspoon Ginger Ground
    • ¾ Teaspoon Nutmeg about ½ of a nut
    • ½ Teaspoon Clove Ground about 8-10 Cloves
    • ½ Teaspoon Allspice Ground about 8 dried allspice berries

    Instructions

    • Mix all the powdered spices together in a mixing bowl.
    • Store in an airtight container (best are transparent glass spice jars).

    Notes

    1. When you use whole spices, toast so to say dry fry the spices first in a pan over the stove. That way the spices will get crispy and easier to grind with the mortar and pestle. Besides that, the dry frying is activating the spice's aromatic flavors, so the spices will release their oils and get more intense. Hence this increases the quality of the pumpkin pie spice blend considerably.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (2 g)
    Calories 24
    % Daily Value*
    Sodium 2mg0%
    Potassium 25mg1%
    Carbohydrates 6g2%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Calcium 60mg6%
    Iron 0.7mg4%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Pro & Cons of using whole or ground spices

    Whole Spices:

    • Pro — More intense flavor, superior pumpkin pie spice blend and actual health benefits from the spices for your body and mind
    • Cons — Laborious and time-consuming, You will need a powerful blender with a spice jar for the super hard ingredients such as cinnamon.

    Ground Spices:

    • Pro — Prepare your own homemade pumpkin pie spice mix to your liking within a few minutes, totally effortless.
    • Cons — Quality highly reduced because ground spices are not fresh anymore and lost most of their flavor and health attributes over time

    I usually use a mixture of whole and ground spices.

    To turn cinnamon into powder is a pain because after all, cinnamon is tree bark and it's hard.

    So I tend to use (honestly) cinnamon powder.

    For the Ginger powder, I sometimes use ready-made ginger powder or I just peel ginger cut it into slices, leave it to dry in the oven or sun and grind it to a fine powder.

    For the Nutmeg is use a whole nutmeg which I scrape off.

    I only use whole clove and allspice berries.

    To turn these two ingredients into a powder, I toast/dry fry them for a minute in a pan over high heat.

    That way the humidity disappears from the spices, and they get crisp, and you can grind them quickly and easily in a mortar and pestle.

    Once you have all the spices ground into a fine powder, you just need to add them all into a bowl and mix them.

    Use directly further in a recipe or store in an airtight container well sealed until further use.

    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]

    Use

    These are some delicious ideas to add a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice. After all, who can resist all these gorgeous autumn comfort flavors!

    • Pumpkin Steel Cut Oats by DelightfulAdventures.com
    • Pumpkin Pie Pudding by SavorySimple.net
    • Pumpkin Pie Whoopie Pies by FoodFolksandFun.net
    • Homemade Pumpkin Pie Cream Liqueur by AnItalianinmyKitchen.com
    • Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Baked Apples by SprinklesandSprouts.com
    • Pumpkin Spice Whipped Ricotta by TheSeasonedMom.com
    • Spice Glazed Pumpkin Scones by TheLovenerds.com
    Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix [+Recipe ideas]
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