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Summary
Your Fall Flavor Superpower, a Modern Blend Even Your Grandma will Enjoy
This Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend tastes warm, cozy, and alive — not dull or dusty like the store-bought versions. We make it a more cinnamon forward version where all those other cozy ingredients play backup vocals. With the right balance of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, and allspice, it brings out the best in pies, syrups, cookies, and your legendary PSLs.
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minuteWarm, cozy, and full of life this Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend is your fall flavor superpower. Made cinnamon-forward with just the right touch of nutmeg, ginger, clove, and allspice, it’s brighter and more aromatic than any store-bought mix. Perfect for pies, cookies, syrups, oatmeal, and all your homemade PSL magic, it’s the blend even your grandma would approve.
Ingredients
5 tsp 9 g ground cinnamon
1 tsp 3.5 g ground nutmeg
1 tsp 2 g ground ginger
1/2 tsp 1.5 g ground clove
1/4 tsp 0.75 g ground allspice
Directions
Before We Start
Freshness Matters: Ground spices lose potency quickly. Grinding whole spices is a great option. For us, we typically buy them in small quantities in the bulk section of our health foods grocer to get them fresh, but pre-ground. If your spices are older than 6 months, then replace them for best results.Combine the Spices
In a small bowl, whisk together the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, and allspice until fully blended.
NOTE: Whisking does a better job of de-clumping the ground spices vs just shaking in a jar (although it certainly looks cooler)Store Properly
Transfer to an airtight spice jar and store in a cool, dark place. Best within 6 months.
Wondering what to use this in? This blend was designed specifically for our Pumpkin Spice Lattes. We add it to make our pumpkin spice syrup and use it to dust the top of the PSL. This adds more than just looks to the latte, it puts the aromatic spices right at your nose as you sip it. You can also use it in pumpkin pies, purees, baked goods, you name it.
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Additional Details About This Recipe
How much should I use for pumpkin pie?
Typically 2–3 teaspoons per 9-inch pie, depending on your flavor preference.
What if I only have old spices
You can add 10-20% more of the spice blend to your recipe, but in all honesty, when they loose their fragrancy, they just don’t taste the same.
Does this blend scale well?
Perfectly. Multiply all ingredients by 2×, 4×, or 10× while keeping the same ratios.
Where else can I use it?
Pumpkin cookies or bread
PSLs (pumpkin spice lattes)
Pancakes or waffles
Overnight oats
Granola
Candied nuts
Smoothies
Cheesecake swirl
Nutritional Facts (per teaspoon)
(Per 1 of 16 slices)
Values are approximate and based on the weighted average of ground spices.
- Calories: 7 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Sugars: 0 g
- Fat: 0 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Sodium: 0 mg