Apple Pie Spice Blend
Apple pie spice is simply a mix of warm fall or winter spices. The most basic or main spices in apple pie spice are cinnamon and nutmeg. That’s it! You can add other common warm spices to spruce it up and fit your preferred tastes. An apple pie spice might include other spices like ginger and maybe allspice and/or cloves. Check out the recipe below and adjust it to fit your preferred flavor profile.
Servings: 4 tablespoons
Ingredients
- 24 g (3 tbsp) ground cinnamon
- 7 g (1 tbsp) ground nutmeg
- 4 g (2 tsp) ground allspice
- 3 g (1½ tsp) ground ginger
- 2 g (1 tsp) ground cloves
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. Stir until combined using a small whisk or the back of a spoon to break up any small masses of spices.
- Scoop or use a small funnel to transfer the spices from the small bowl to a spice jar or container that has a tight lid. This recipe makes a little over a ¼ cup (4+ tbsp).
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Notes
Storing:
Store spices in a sealed container for up to a year or based on the shortest expiration date of the oldest individual spice. Consider shaking or stirring the spice prior to using as some contents may settle.
Usages:
Add this apple pie spice as you would a commercial version in a 1:1 ratio in your favorite recipes that call for apple pie or pumpkin pie spice. Sprinkle it over your breakfast oatmeal, toast, eggnog, coffee, apple cider, mulled wine, or hot chocolate. Add it to your favorite oatmeal raisin cookies in place of cinnamon, spiced nuts, or spiced seeds. Why not add it to squash soups or roasted fall squash like acorn, pumpkin, or delicata? Add a little apple pie spice to pancakes, waffles, muffins, or cinnamon rolls by mixing a couple of teaspoons in with your cinnamon or replacing the cinnamon entirely with the spice. Try it on ice cream or in cake frostings.
Substitutions & Variations:
This recipe is based on my preferred spice flavors; however, you can adjust or leave out any spices that you don’t like. In fact, you can increase or decrease by ½ tsp of any one spice to test a variation you may prefer. If you have kids with sensitive taste buds, you may only want to include cinnamon and nutmeg. Really you only need 2-3 of the above ingredients to have an apple pie spice. As long as you have cinnamon, you can add or subtract any of the other spices.