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Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Last updated September 27, 2021. Originally posted September 27, 2021 By Jyothi Rajesh 24 Comments

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Aromatic homemade pumpkin pie spice is MUST HAVE fall spice. Made of a combination of 5 “warm” spices. Our spice mix has cinnamon, ginger, all spice, cloves and nutmeg. It screams fall and enjoy it all way through holiday baking!

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  • What is pumpkin pie spice?
  • What’s in pumpkin pie spice?
  • Why homemade pumpkin pie spice?
  • How to make pumpkin pie spice?
  • How to use pumpkin pie spice?
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1. You guys! It’s that time of the year! I don’t know about you, but arrival of fall is always very exciting to me. Breathtaking colors everywhere and of course, pumpkin everywhere!

2. Lets get to pumpkin pie spice mix first. Often that’s that one spice you will reach out to with arrival of fall and when baking is in full swing. It’s a MUST HAVE winter spice.

3. Make your own spice blend, because homemade is always the BEST.

4. Not only your spice mix is fresh and aromatic, but you can also save money. Why shell out $6 for a tiny bottle of pumpkin pie spice, when you can make your own with way lessss money.

5. Easy to customize the spice mix. Plus make just as much as you would need, so there is no wastage!

6. Only 5 simple warm spices needed to make your spice blend. Most spices are common pantry ingredients and in case you don’t have spice powders, you can blitz a few whole spices to have you own spice powders to make pumpkin pie spice.

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What is pumpkin pie spice?

It’s a blend of delicious warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, all spice, nutmeg and cloves. Pumpkin pie spice is that one spice you’ll most often reach out for when baking is in full swing starting from fall all the way up until holiday baking.

The flavor combination of warm spices makes pumpkin pie and all-things-baked-with-pumpkin perfect-fit-for-fall!

What’s in pumpkin pie spice?

The most common spices used in pumpkin spice mix are:

Cinnamon, ginger, all spice, cloves and nutmeg. That’s all!

The recipe is customizable. For sharper flavor, amp up ginger and cloves. For softened cozier flavors, add more cinnamon.

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Why homemade pumpkin pie spice?

Making your own spice blend mix has loads of benefits.

  1. Cheaper – doing your own spice blends saves money for sure. You don’t have to shell out hefty $. Also when you buy store bought spice blend you get a big batch. If you are someone who buy a particular spice just for one dish, later have those spice cans buried in your pantry for ages not even remembering you have that spice blend, then you are someone who should restore to homemade spice mixes.
  2. Customizable – make the spice blend that works for you. Most store bought pumpkin pie spice has predominant cinnamon flavor and taste to it. Balance the spices just right to work best for your palate. For sharper flavor, amp up ginger and cloves. For softened cozier flavors, add more cinnamon.
  3. Fresh spice(more aromatic and flavors) – homemade spice blend are definitely fresher, with strong flavors of each individual spice thus making it tastier than store bought ones.
  4. As much needed – Make just as much pumpkin pie spice you need and store in air tight jars.
  5. Autumn/fall/holiday baking sorted – it’s a season of pumpkin everything and with pumpkin pie spice in hand your good to go. Not just pumpkin, but a whole lot of fall baking dishes calls for pumpkin spice, so it’s worth doing a fresh batch of pumpkin pie spice once just when your getting ready for fall.

A bottle of nutmeg powder costs like $6 and a tiny bottle of clove powder works out like $7-8. Plus big fat chances are that you won’t end up using all of the ground clove or ground nutmeg for that matter.

I made my own clove, nutmeg powders. Whole nutmeg has longer shelf life and you can just buy a few and keep it in pantry. A mini grater is all you need to grate whole spices into ground spices.

To make clove powder, lightly roast cloves and blitz in spice blender. Sieve the ground mix to get fine powder and left over residues of cloves – don’t throw that away. Sprinkle the residues in curries.

How to make pumpkin pie spice?

Simply measure and add all the spices needed in bowl or glass jar.

Shake/stir to combine.

The ratio of the spices used can be customized. Balance the spices just right to work best for your palate. For sharper flavor, amp up ginger and cloves. For softened cozier flavors, add more cinnamon.

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How to use pumpkin pie spice?

  • pumpkin pies
  • pumpkin cheesecakes
  • pumpkin latte
  • pumpkin cakes
  • Pumpkin muffins
  • Cinnamon rolls
  • Pumpkin dip
  • Granola
  • Overnight oats
  • In roasted squash and potatoes
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MORE FALL FAVORITE RECIPES:

  • Pumpkin latte
  • Pumpkin muffins
  • Cinnamon rolls
  • Overnight oats
  • Cinnamon apples
  • Apple fritters
  • Cinnamon French toast sticks
  • Cinnamon sugar pretzels
  • Instant pot applesauce
  • Spiced apple cider

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📋Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Jyothi Rajesh
Aromatic homemade pumpkin pie spice is MUST HAVE fall spice. Made of a combination of 5 “warm” spices. Our spice mix has cinnamon, ginger, all spice, cloves and nutmeg. It screams fall and enjoy it all way through holiday baking!
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Prep Time 5 mins
Course how-to, spices
Cuisine American
Servings 3 tablespoon
Calories 45

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tablespoon cinnamon powder
  • 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon all spice powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground clove
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder

Instructions
 

  • To make pumpkin pie spice blend, simply add all the spice powders to a bowl whisk together until well combined.
  • Store the spice blend in air tight glass jars in cool dry place.

Notes

  • Customizable – For sharper flavor, amp up ginger and cloves. For softened cozier flavors, add more cinnamon.
  • As much needed – Make just as much pumpkin pie spice you need and store in air tight jars.
  • Use whole spices to make ground spice – 
    • Ground cloves – dry roast whole cloves on low heat until it turns warm. Remove from pan, and blend it in spice blender to fine powder. You could also sieve the ground clove to get fine powder.
    • Nutmeg powder – grate whole nutmeg using a mini grated.
    • Ground ginger – you need dried whole ginger to make ground ginger. Dried ginger can also be grated in mini grater or blend in spice blender.
 
Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Calories: 45kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 0gFat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 3mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 8gSugar: 0gVitamin A: 45IUVitamin C: 0.6mgCalcium: 153mgIron: 1.5mg
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  1. Jagruti Dhanecha says

    November 12, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    5 stars
    Totally agree here, homemade spices are the best, you know what goes in and Perfect share for this autumn and winter.

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 4:16 pm

      Thank you Jagruti

      Reply
  2. Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life says

    November 12, 2018 at 11:51 am

    I’ve never made my own pumpkin spice mix before, but I love the idea since you’re totally in control of the ratio of the spices.

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 1:42 pm

      It works cheaper as well Claire. Thank you, glad you liked it

      Reply
  3. Krista Price says

    November 12, 2018 at 8:42 am

    5 stars
    I’ve never even thought to make homemade pumpkin spice. I go through so much of it this time of year. This recipe is great and I have all the ingredients on hand. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 11:51 am

      thank you Krista

      Reply
  4. Carrie Ditton says

    November 12, 2018 at 8:36 am

    5 stars
    I love homemade spice blends! Every year I make a mad dash to the store for pumpkin pie spice and now with this recipe I won’t have to!

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 11:51 am

      Me too thank you Carrie

      Reply
  5. Tammy says

    November 12, 2018 at 7:37 am

    5 stars
    It really is one of the easy spice blends to make and so versatile too! I just love pumpkin pie spice!

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 7:59 am

      Thank you Tammy

      Reply
  6. Veronika's Kitchen says

    November 12, 2018 at 12:45 am

    5 stars
    I didn’t even know that you can make pumpkin spice at home) Definitely saving it for the next weekend baking!)

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 12, 2018 at 7:59 am

      Thank you Venonika

      Reply
  7. Nicoletta Sugarlovespices says

    November 09, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    5 stars
    This is a must-have recipe! Especially during this time of the year, it saves me from going to buy storebought and have it fresh around all the time!

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 10, 2018 at 8:25 am

      Thank you Nicoletta

      Reply
  8. Dana says

    November 07, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    5 stars
    Homemade spices like these are so much better than store bought! Not to mention you get so much more yield for much less.

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 08, 2018 at 12:21 pm

      Thanks Dana

      Reply
  9. ALeta says

    November 06, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    5 stars
    This is an excellent recipe, I love pumpkin spice everything so would be excellent to have a jar of the stuff kickin around for quick uses! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 08, 2018 at 12:21 pm

      Thank you Aleta

      Reply
  10. Elaine Benoit says

    November 06, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    5 stars
    Homemade spice blends are always the best not only for the reasons you stated above but because they are so delicious and cost effective!! Your spice blend is perfect and I can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 06, 2018 at 8:17 pm

      Thank you Elaine

      Reply
  11. Gloria says

    November 06, 2018 at 12:08 am

    5 stars
    For years (and I mean many years) I always bought pumpkin pie spice. Since I started making my own, that is a thing of the past. Making your own allows you to create just the right combination of flavours you are looking for.

    Reply
    • jyothirajesh says

      November 06, 2018 at 10:17 am

      Absolutely. Homemade are always best, you can create your own flavor, make just the right amount you want and all that under budget

      Reply

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