This homemade apple pie spice recipe is easy to make with cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. It’s the perfect blend to add to all your fall baked goods from apple pie to oats!
Want more apple recipes? Try baked apples, apple chips or apple nachos.
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An Aromatic Blend for Fall
Apple pie spice is a warm blend of ground spices that is perfect in any delicious apple dessert. With its comforting mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice it’s perfect for fall-inspired treats plus it’s easy to whip up a homemade batch in a flash.
I know pumpkin pie spice is popular during the fall months and I love it, too. It’s a slightly different blend, though, often including ginger or cardamom. I like to keep both spice blends in the pantry so I can mix and match my cookies, cakes, and pie recipes.
Why I Love To Make This Spice at Home
- Only 3 ingredients. Make the basic mix with just 3 easy to find spices or add more to create your own version.
- Budget-friendly and versatile. Making your own blend is less expensive than buying premade and the comforting flavor of this spice blend pairs well with anything from warm apple cider to pie!
Apple Pie Spice Ingredient Notes
You probably have most of these spices at home in your pantry already and you can make as small or large of a batch as you want.
Find the full printable recipe below.
- Cinnamon: Apples and cinnamon go so well together which makes it the perfect base for this blend.
- Nutmeg: Gives the blend a warm and nutty flavor.
- Allspice: Unlike the name suggests, this is a single spice that has a warm and peppery flavor.
Variations: Depending on your tastes, you can add a pinch of cardamom or ginger to add a deeper flavor to your blend.
How to Make Apple Pie Spice
If you have a 5 minutes, that’s all you need to whip up the perfect balance for this apple pie spice mix.
- Pour all the ingredients into a small bowl and whisk until everything is fully combined.
- Then pour the spices into a jar with an airtight lid and store. That’s it!
Ways To Use It
Cozy up to autumn by sprinkling some of this warm and comforting apple spice into your fall baked goods. I will often swap out regular cinnamon with this homemade spice blend!
- In pies and crumbles. It goes hand in hand with Dutch apple pie and apple crumble. Even sprinkle some on the vanilla ice cream you’re serving on the side!
- On toast or pancakes. It’s so tasty sprinkled over hot buttered toast, French toast, or apple cinnamon pancakes.
- In cakes and muffins. Enhance the apple flavor of apple dump cake or add to the cinnamon sugar in these cinnamon apple muffins.
Expert Tips
It’s so easy to make your own apple pie spice recipe at home and with these tips, your blend will be the very best!
- Start with fresh spices. We all have old spice packets hanging around in our spice cupboards that might not technically be expired but don’t really have the bold flavors you want when making up your own spice blend. Buy your spices fresh for the best flavor.
- Grind your own spices. For even more of a fresh flavor punch, buy whole spices and grind them up in a spice grinder.
- Scale up or down. This recipe is very easy to cut in half or double depending on how much you need.
- Gifting: Make up a batch of this apple pie spice recipe and pour into cute spice jars as a gift idea for your friends and family who love to bake. Tie a ribbon around it and include this easy brown bag apple pie recipe!
Need more apple recipes? Apple turnovers, homemade apple pie filling and French apple tart are all fall favorites!
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Apple Pie Spice Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground all-spice
Instructions
- Combine spices. Combine 4 Tablespoons cinnamon, 2 teaspoons nutmeg and 1 teaspoon all-spice in a small jar.
- Whisk. Whisk until well combined and there are no more streaks.
- Store. Place a seal tight lid on the jar and store up to 1 year.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
Pumpkin pie spice is probably the most common mix you’ll come across during autumn and it does share some of the same spices. They both contain cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
Where you’ll notice a difference is that pumpkin spice will also usually include ginger and/or cloves. Sometimes I’ll throw in some cardamom or ginger to my apple spice mix, but not always.
As a general guide, your spice mix will last for 3 – 4 years if stored in an airtight container in your pantry. The spices do lose their potency over time, so I always try to use up my homemade blends within a year.
The main thing is to use a container with a tight-fitting lid. You don’t want any moisture getting into the spices. You can find jars specifically for spices online or use any small-sized jar with a lid you have on hand.
To keep it fresh, store it in a clean and dry airtight container out of direct sunlight.
Categorized as: 5 Ingredients Or Less, American, Condiments, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Spices, Thanksgiving, Vegan, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Thank you for this! Didn’t have to run to the store because I could make this at home!
You are so welcome, Sarah!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing apple pie spice recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious!
Anytime! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Love this!! So convenient, I can’t wait to use this on my fall recipes!!