Pumpkin Spice Blend

Course: Breads, Dessert, Drinks, Miscellany

Cuisine: North American

Keyword: pumpkin pie spice, spice blend

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: tablespoons

Calories: 14kcal

Pumpkin Spice Blend is an aromatic mixture of warming spices that will add flavor to all of your fall and winter recipes.

Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, cloves, allspice and cardamom to a medium-size mixing bowl.
Use a small whisk or spoon to blend the spices together.
Sift the spice blend through a sieve to remove any large clumps. Repeat once or twice more.

Pour the Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend into small spice jars using a funnel. Seal the jar with a tight-fitting lid.
Label the jar with the date it was made, as well as the expiration date (6 months to 1 year from the day it was made).
Store the Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend in a cool dark place for 6 months to 1 year.
Use as needed in recipes.

You can use ground nutmeg for your pumpkin spice or a Microplane to grate your fresh nutmeg seed.
Replace the ground nutmeg with ground mace.
Substitute smoked ginger for the regular ground ginger for a more unique pumpkin spice blend.

Because this recipe consists of spices, it's best to use high-quality spices.
Buying new bottles of spices when making this pumpkin spice blend recipe is the best way to guarantee that yours is beautifully pungent.

Pumpkin spice blend will keep for up to six months to a year when properly stored. Store your jar of pumpkin spice in a cool, dark cabinet away from the stove or in the pantry.
Avoid storing pumpkin spice blends over or next to the stove since the temperature and moisture in those cabinets fluctuate whenever you cook. Heating and cooling the spice blend reduces its shelf-life significantly and strips the pumpkin spice blend of its potency.
Do not store your pumpkin spice blend in the refrigerator because it introduces moisture to the mixture, which contributes to mold.