Toasted Pumpkin Pie Spice

My favorite way to stock up on pumpkin pie spice is to make it myself, starting with whole spices. I measure and pour everything out into my cast iron skillet, toast on medium-high until the aroma hits my nose, and then immediately transfer it all to my Vitamix dry grains container to process into a powder.

Before I had my Vitamix, I used a mortar and pestle or a simple coffee grinder from the store. This worked well enough, but limited the amount of spice I could grind at one time, and I tend to enjoy making a lot of this at once so I can package it up to give as gifts.

Also, please consider this a base recipe that can be tweaked depending on your own preferences. Enjoy!

P.S. Use this spice blend to make your own pumpkin spice latte! Try my recipe for pumpkin spice syrup here, perfect for your coffee beverage.

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Toasted Pumpkin Pie Spice

Yield: One cup

Author: A Wooden Nest

Start with whole spices that are toasted on the stove to bring out the flavor.

Ingredients

• 15-20 cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
• 1 tablespoon whole allspice
• 1-2 teaspoons pieces dried ginger
• 1-2 teaspoons whole cloves
• 1 small, whole nutmeg

Instructions

1. Crush the cinnamon sticks with a mortar and pestle, and place in a cast iron pan or heavy-bottom skillet.
2. Add the allspice, ginger, cloves and whole nutmeg.
3. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until the aroma hits your nose.
4. Remove from heat and immediately pour into a coffee grinder (I used my Vitamix Dry Grains container).
5. Grind the toasted spices until they have been powdered evenly,
6. Using a strainer and funnel, pour into a jar for storage.
7. Store in a jar at room temperature for up to a month, or longer in the refrigerator/freezer.

Notes

TIPS

• I use these measurements as a baseline, but feel free to play around with your spice ratios depending on which flavors you want to bring out.
• You can re-grind any larger pieces of spices that didn't make it through the strainer to reduce waste. 

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