Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix is one of those little treasures I keep on hand year-round, and honey, it makes everything taste like autumn’s warm embrace. Just a few simple spices mixed together in a bowl, and suddenly you’ve got the magic that turns ordinary baking into something truly special.
What makes this blend so wonderful is how the warm cinnamon, spicy ginger, and cloves dance together with just a hint of nutmeg—each spice knows its place and brings out the best in the others. When you make it fresh from scratch like this, you’ll taste the difference compared to store-bought versions, and your whole kitchen will smell like home.
I love pulling out this spice mix when my grandchildren visit, knowing I can sprinkle it into coffee, dust it over oatmeal, or bake with it—and their faces just light up with those cozy, familiar flavors. It’s become such a tradition that now they ask me first thing in the fall, “Gran, did you make your special spice mix yet?”
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
Ingredients
- 0.5 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 0.25 teaspoon Ginger
- 0.125 teaspoon Cloves
- 0.125 teaspoon Nutmeg
Instructions
- Mix all spices together in a small bowl.
- Makes 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.
- For a fresher taste use fresh nutmeg, allspice berries, whole cloves and grind it yourself in a coffee grinder.
- Use ground cinnamon instead of grinding cinnamon sticks as the ground cinnamon is of a much higher quality than the whole sticks.
