Pumpkin Pie Spice
You’re probably going to be loading up your cart at the grocery store with all kinds of Thanksgiving things this weekend.
Can you do me a big favor? Don’t buy that stupid little jar labeled Pumpkin Pie Spice. It’s annoying. It’ll only get lost in the back of your spice cabinet until three years from now when you move and have to clean out your kitchen and find seven stupid little jars labeled Pumpkin Pie Spice.
I think you should make your own dang spice. You probably already have every spice you need in your cabinet… in front of the forgotten little jars of Pumpkin Pie Spice.
Wanna do it? Sweeeet.
Pumpkin Pie Spice is a combination of every yummy autumn spice in your cabinet: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.
I can make the spice. Can someone please turn this into a shampoo for me? K…. Thanks.
Pumpkin Pie Spice
makes about 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
big pinch of cardamom (or you can substitute mace)
Blend all spices together, working out any lumps that might occur. Store in an old spice jar.
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Adore the photos and how the spices are perfectly sitting out on the table. One question.. where do you buy spice-like bottles?
I couldn’t agree with you more! Why do people waste so much money on spice mixes when you can make them so much better at home?
This is so smart! I used to buy pumpkin pie spice and recently I mentioned it and a friend looked at me as if I were INSANE and told me to make my own. I’ve never looked back!
No, you are doing us the big favor!
I love your blog…but I also hate it…haha I’m living in Thailand right now and looking at all of these recipes just reminds me of all the things I can’t get here!! No turkey or pumpkin pie or muffins or bread this year! tragic! I guess I’ll just keep lusting over your photos and dreaming of the day I can bake again!
You are a genius!!!
Can I tell you that you are the smartest person alive? Cause you are. I used to think it was my mom. And now its you. Who knew they could make their own brown sugar? I didn’t. Who knew they could make their own vanilla extract? I didn’t. Who knew they could make their own buttermilk? I didn’t. And I even skipped over recipes that called for buttermilk because I could never remember to buy it. Just saying. Keep doing you. It always amazes me ;)
I do the same thing, love it!
I never buy things like pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice, but have always just tossed in the seasonings my grandmother used, or whatever I feel like at the moment. Which, I might add, has never included cardamom. I made your pumpkin pie spice mixture yesterday (since I was making several pumpkin dishes with my daughter and she isn’t comfortable winging it…yet) in a couple of recipes I was making yesterday and everyone just loves it. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I love pumpkin and know i can make my own pumpkin spice since you’ve generously shared it! :D
YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!!!!! Its the day after Thanksgiving and trying to make pumpkin doughnuts for the fam and ?!?!?! out of pumpkin pie spice?!?!? I will never buy the mix again. Doughnuts here I come
Hmm. I never dreamed of buying pumpkin pie spice – or mixing it up. I just use the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, ginger – whatever I’m going to use in whatever recipe I need them for. If you’ve got the basics…..
You have beautiful photos. I look forward to trying your recipe in my pumpkin pie dip. I hate running out of spices. It is nice to know I can make this from what I already have.
This may sound silly… Not only do I desperately want to do this next time instead of buying it, but I really want to relabel my spices with “Hello, My Name Is…” stickers. Hands down, that’s awesome.
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Thank you for this, I always come back to it, again and again.
The “HELLO my name is * pleasure to meet you” label [i]is[/i] really funny! I happen to like more cinnamon, more allspice, and a little less ginger in my mixture. However, mace doesn’t really substitute for cardamom; it’s the ground outer husk of nutmeg, and has a milder, somewhat sweeter flavor than nutmeg itself. Thanks, Joy — Cheers!