About This Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
My favorite pumpkin pie spice blend contains just three ingredients: ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. This combination of spices is just enough added flavor and spice to my favorite pumpkin recipes, without distracting too much from the pumpkin’s natural sweetness and flavor.
The recipe makes 1.75 ounces (50 grams), enough to fill a 2-ounce spice jar (I used this one, but also recommend this one). That’s around 4 slightly heaping tablespoons!
Customizing Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
Real Talk: there’s no dictionary-definition standard recipe for pumpkin spice.
Instead, pumpkin spice is often a combination of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice, and sometimes black or white pepper. Depending on the recipe, you can add or omit certain spices.
So sometimes I like to experiment with pumpkin recipes to highlight a different but complementary flavor (like in my Pumpkin Chai Bread recipe). Here are some other flavors you can try adding to your recipe:
- Vanilla Pumpkin Pie Spice. If you love vanilla, try adding 3 Tablespoons vanilla bean powder to the pumpkin pie blend below.
- Chai Pumpkin Pie Spice. If you liked the idea of my Pumpkin Chai Bread, make a bottle of Chai Pumpkin Spice! Add 6 ¾ teaspoons ground cardamom and 2 ½ teaspoons ground ginger to the recipe below.
- “Actually Spicy” Pumpkin Pie Spice. Sometimes, I like pumpkin baked goods with a little heat. If you want to go this route, add 6 ¾ teaspoons ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground white pepper, and ½ teaspoon ground allspice to the recipe below.
My Favorite Pumpkin Spice Recipes
I have a ton of pumpkin recipes for fall baking on Hummingbird High! But I’ve curated TOP FIVE favorite pumpkin recipes below for you:
Perfectly Smooth and Tangy Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie
The cream cheese in this cream cheese pumpkin pie recipe makes the filling extra smooth and tangy, just like New York cheesecake! Grab the recipe in the post, along with tips, tricks, and process photos on how to make it.
Small Batch Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins (Makes 6 Muffins!)
These pumpkin cream cheese muffins are soft, moist, and filled with lots of swirls of cream cheese! The recipe is small batch and only makes 6 delicious muffins.
NOT CAKEY Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are NOT cakey. Instead, they are crispy on the edges, chewy and fudgy in their centers, and filled with pools of chocolate—just like your favorite chocolate chip cookies!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe
This pumpkin chocolate chip bread recipe is perfect for both chocolate AND pumpkin spice lovers! Despite these bold flavors, the pumpkin bread is perfectly balanced in flavor. The chocolate and spices complement each other, ensuring that the pumpkin chocolate chip bread is neither too spicy or sweet.
Soft, Fluffy, But Also Crispy Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
These pumpkin snickerdoodles are soft, cakey, and fluffy on the inside, crisp on the outside, and rolled in a generous amount of pumpkin pie spice sugar!
Get the Recipe:
Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix Recipe for Fall Baking
Servings: 1 (2-ounce) jar
This homemade pumpkin pie spice recipe combines ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove for the perfect fall flavor. Ready in minutes, it makes 1.75 oz (about 4 Tablespoons)—just enough to fill a small spice jar and use in pies, lattes, and all your favorite pumpkin recipes.
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Make the pumpkin pie spice. In a small bowl, whisk together the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves until combined.
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Serve and store. Use a spice funnel to transfer the spices into an airtight jar with a lid. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 1 year.Use as instructed in any recipe that calls for pumpkin pie spice.
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Weeknight Baking:
Recipes to Fit your Schedule
Over the past several years of running Hummingbird High, I kept a crucial aspect of my life hidden from my readers: I had a full-time, extremely demanding job in the tech world. In my debut cookbook, Weeknight Baking, I finally reveal the secrets to baking delicious desserts on a tight schedule.
