📷This recipe originally appeared on Food52.
What Is Pumpkin Pie Spice?
The ingredient list leans heavily on baking spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger, but the specifics depend on the brand. Let’s review a few for inspiration:
• McCormick: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, sulfiting agents. • The Spice Hunter: cinnamon, ginger, lemon peel, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, star anise, fennel, black pepper. • Frontier Co-Op: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg. • Simply Organic: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves.
As long as cinnamon is leading the band—with a few backup instruments like ginger, nutmeg, and cloves—pumpkin pie spice can be many things. What matters is that the blend tastes delicious to you. Here, we’ll share a few different versions, depending on what you’re baking (or how you’re feeling that day). Note: You can absolutely scale up these recipes to keep a bigger jar in your pantry. It will stay good for months.
Classic Pumpkin Pie Spice • 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon • 1 tablespoon ground ginger • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg • 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Spicy Pumpkin Pie Spice • 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon • 2 tablespoon ground ginger • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg • 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper • 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne
Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink Pumpkin Pie Spice • 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon • 1 tablespoon ground ginger • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg • 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves • 1 teaspoon ground allspice • 1 teaspoon ground fennel • 3/4 teaspoon ground star anise
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