Have you ever been making a pumpkin recipe only to find yourself without pumpkin spice in your pantry!? Today I’m sharing one of my sweetest and simplest recipes: how to make pumpkin pie spice at home. You need only four simple spices that you might already have on hand, and any leftovers will keep for months!
Recipe includes a super short YouTube video at the bottom of the post!
Happy Friday! Today I have a short and simple recipe for Pumpkin Spice.
I have quite a few more pumpkin recipes coming your way this season, so I thought it was only fair that I provide you with one of the basic staple ingredients that you’ll be needing this season.
4 ingredients and about 4 seconds to whip together, maybe this recipe doesn’t really need a 2 minute long video where I walk you through the steps, but I couldn’t resist filming one 🙈
What Spices are In Pumpkin Spice
- Ground cinnamon
- Ground ginger
- Ground nutmeg
- Ground allspice
Some pumpkin spice recipes also include ground cloves in the mix, and if you love the flavor of cloves you can add up to 3/4 teaspoon of them as well. However, I found the cloves taste to be too overwhelming and it gave the mix more of a gingerbread spice flavor rather than a pumpkin spice one.
I’ve also most definitely been influenced by the fact that my former go-to store-bought pumpkin spice (McCormick) is made without cloves, so I’m sure that’s part of why they taste out of place here.
How Do You Make Pumpkin Spice?
- Combine cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl.
- Give all ingredients a good stir.
- Use in any recipe that calls for pumpkin spice (like my Pumpkin Cheesecake!).
What is the Difference Between Allspice and Pumpkin Pie Spice?
Pumpkin Spice uses allspice as one of its ingredients, but they are not the same thing. Allspice is a dried, unripe fruit from Mexico and Central America. Pumpkin spice is the combination of all of the spices listed above, so please don’t try to substitute one for the other.
I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails asking me if people can substitute pumpkin spice for allspice, so I wanted to be sure I cleared that up!
Here are some of my recipes that use Pumpkin Spice!
Stay tuned because I have a lot more coming!
My video for how to make Pumpkin Spice is at the bottom of the recipe! If you enjoy watching my recipe videos, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.
Pumpkin Spice Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
Instructions
- Combine cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice in a small bowl.
- Stir or whisk until well combined.
- Use in recipes that call for pumpkin spice or pumpkin pie spice (use the amount called for in the recipe that you are following). Store leftovers in an airtight container, pumpkin pie spice will keep for months.
Deb says
Thank you for sharing! This was very helpful this weekend as I made pumpkin muffins.
Sam says
I am so glad it helped you out!