How to make a homemade pumpkin pie spice recipe with only a few simple ingredients. Use this spice blend to add warm flavor to all your fall baked goods!
I love to use this blend all season long in seasonal fall favorites like pumpkin cookies, pumpkin snickerdoodles and pumpkin bars!
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Pumpkin Spice
As soon as fall arrives, I love to bake all the pumpkin recipes. You’ll find pumpkin pie spice in many of your fall favorites, like pumpkin bread or a cream cheese pumpkin roll.
Pumpkin spice adds the perfect flavor to all your favorite pumpkin breads, cookies, and bars! It tastes just like fall and gives your baked goods that warm aromatic flavor. If a recipe calls for pumpkin spice and you don’t have any on hand, use this simple blend to make your own!
Why I Love to Make This DIY Recipe
- Inexpensive. Skip the grocery store, it’s easy to make this at home, especially if you don’t need a whole jar.
- Less than 5 minutes. No heavy lifting is required to make homemade pumpkin spice! Just give it a quick stir and it’s ready in under 5 minutes.
- Long shelf life. This pumpkin spice will stay fresh in your pantry for up to 1 year, which makes it perfect to use throughout multiple seasons because why not?!
Just 4 Ingredients
It is so easy to make your own 4 ingredient pumpkin spice.
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Cinnamon: The base of this recipe is cinnamon and it adds the perfect flavor.
- Nutmeg: Brings a warm and slightly sweet taste and flavor to the pumpkin spice blend.
- Ginger: Adds a little bit of spice! This blends well with a savory flavor giving it that special boost of spice.
- Cloves: Bring out the perfect flavor in fall desserts! Just a pinch goes a long way!
Spice Ratio
You can play around with the pumpkin pie spice ratio to fit your taste. This recipe uses 2 Tablespoons of cinnamon, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg, and 1 teaspoon of both ginger and cloves. All-spice is optional, however, if you love the spice flavor, add about 1/2 teaspoon.
Feel free to add more or less of each ingredient to taste, or add in other spices such as cardamom. You could even tweak the recipe to make it similar to my homemade apple pie spice which is made with just cinnamon, nutmeg, and all-spice.
How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Combine. The ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves in a small bowl or jar. If adding all-spice, add it in now too.
- Whisk. The mixture until well combined. You don’t want there to be any streaks throughout. Give it a good stir to blend the homemade spices nicely together.
- Seal. The jar and store it in the pantry for up to 1 year.
Favorite Ways to Use Pumpkin Spice
Here are a few ways to enjoy your homemade pumpkin pie spice recipe for fall baking and more!
- Pumpkin favorites. It can be used in both sweet and savory recipes, like my favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin muffins, or this hearty pumpkin chili.
- Morning recipes. To add a fall twist on breakfast and brunch favorites like pumpkin waffles or pumpkin pancakes.
- Add-in. Sprinkle on top on top of overnight oats with cinnamon syrup or on a yogurt bowl with some chopped nuts and fresh banana or apple slices.
- Snacks. I love to sprinkle it on a bowl of applesauce with some cinnamon sugar.
- Drinks. Stir into Thanksgiving punch or crockpot apple cider for that warm and cozy spice flavor.
If you love to make your own spice blends try homemade apple pie spice , Italian seasoning and popcorn seasoning.
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Pumpkin Pie Spice
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice , optional
Instructions
- Combine spices in jar. In a small jar, add 2 Tablespoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 teaspoons nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cloves, and 1/2 teaspoon allspice, if using.
- Shake or stir. Shake until well combined and there are no more streaks.
- Add lid and store. Place a tight lid on the jar to seal and store up to 1 year.
Notes
- 2 Tablespoons: cut the recipe in half
- 1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons): follow recipe as-is
- 1/2 cup: double the recipe
- 3/4 cup: triple the recipe
- 1 cup: quadruple the recipe
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
One batch of this recipe makes about 4 Tablespoons, but feel free to double or triple the ingredients depending on how much you need. Look at the recipe notes for specific amounts.
It seems crazy, right? There is no actual pumpkin in this recipe. It is just the perfect spice blend to use for all of your favorite baked pumpkin goods.
No they are both different spices. Allspice is a single spice that is made from the dried and ground allspice berry. Pumpkin pie spice is a blend of several spices, usually including cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.
Any leftover pumpkin spice mix will stay fresh for up to 1 year if stored in a sealed jar or airtight container. You can easily use it year-round if you’re a big fan of pumpkin.
Categorized as: American, Condiments, Spices, Vegan
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.
This was a lifesaver! Our grocery store ran out of pumpkin spice and it was the only thing I needed for a recipe I was making. Thank you because I had all of these ingredients on hand and had no idea I could make it with these!
My favorite fall spice!! I love making a big batch of this! It smells so good & adds so much flavor to anything you put it in!
This is seriously a must-make for pumpkin season! Thanks for this easy to follow recipe!