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homemade spice blends

Pumpkin Pie Spice, Apple Pie Spice & Chai Spice Blend

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Description

Save money and customize your own cinnamon-based spice blends.  Add a ribbon and a decorative box, and you have an almost instant gift.

Ingredients

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Pumpkin Pie Spice

  • 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon or two cinnamon sticks
  • 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 whole nutmeg
  • 1 and 1/2teaspoons allspice berries
  • 3/4teaspoon whole cloves

 

Apple Pie Spice

  • 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon or two cinnamon sticks
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean sugar
  • 1 whole nutmeg
  • 2 pieces blade mace

 

Chai Spice Blend

  • 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon or two cinnamon sticks
  • 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 and 1/2teaspoons cloves
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons whole cardamom seeds from about 30 green cardamom pods
  • 1 and 1/2teaspoons allspice berries
  • 3/4teaspoon whole coriander (optional)
  • 2 star anise pods (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper (optional)

Instructions

Pumpkin Pie Spice or Apple Pie Spice

  1. Lightly crush the cinnamon sticks and nutmeg with a meat pounder.  For the apple pie spice, break up the mace as well if you’re using it. 
  2. crushing cinnamon sticks and nutmegPlace the broken cinnamon and all the rest of the ingredients into a coffee grinder.
  3. Grind everything into a powder the consistency of ground cinnamon. apple pie spice ground in coffee grinder
  4. Place in a jar for storage. Use within a month for the best flavor. apple pie spice in jar pumpkin pie spice and jar

Chai Spice blend

  1. Crush the cardamom pods in a mortar and pestle or with the flat side of a knife.  Peel away the green outer covering and discard it, leaving just the seeds. crushing cardamom cardamom seeds separated from pods
  2. Break up the cinnamon sticks with your hands. 
  3. Place the cardamom seeds, broken cinnamon pieces and the rest of the ingredients into a coffee grinder.
  4. Grind everything into a powder the consistency of ground cinnamon.
  5. Place in a jar.  Use within a month for the best flavor. 

chai spice in bowl with spoon and jar

Equipment

Notes

Chai spice blend for tea: If you prefer to have your chai spice for tea, swap out crystallized (aka candied) ginger for the ground ginger.  From there, just lightly crush the cinnamon sticks and star anise (if using), but mostly leave the spices whole.  Shake up everything in an old tea tin and add a spoonful to your favorite black tea and your favorite milk for chai. 

Find it online: https://bakingwithtradition.com/homemade-spice-blends/