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This 1-minute recipe for Apple Pie Spice adds delicious apple pie flavor to breads, muffins, pies, and more! My favorite summer and fall homemade spice blend mixture—the perfect substitute for store-bought apple pie spice.
Why We Love This Recipe
- Add Delicious Apple Pie Flavor to anything from breads and muffins to cakes and more!
- 1 Minute Recipe: Simply stir all ingredients together and you have the best recipe for apple pie spice!
- Stays Fresh for Years if you use the freshest spices. You can keep it on hand for ages, like garlic and herb seasoning, pumpkin pie spice, and seasoned salt.
Easy Apple Pie Spice Blend Recipe
Who’d thought something so simple could make such a big (and tasty) impact? Today, we’re making my go-to apple pie spice blend recipe. It comes together in just 1 minute and is a great homemade substitute for apple pie spice. And the result? An aromatic spice that enhances every fall, spring, and summer (heck, throw in winter) dessert that it touches.
Use this apple pie spice mixture in breads, muffins, cakes, pies, and so much more. I’m looking at you, ice cream! With ground cinnamon, allspice, cardamom and more, this easy spice mix makes anything taste like apple pie. Delicious!
What is Apple Pie Spice?
Apple pie spice is a spice mixture consisting of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and a few other spices. It is mainly used in baking recipes to accentuate or create the flavor of apple pie in muffins, breads, pies, ice cream and more.
Recipe for Apple Pie Spice Ingredients
If you’re wondering what spices are in apple pie spice, you might be surprised about a few of the ingredients, including ginger, which adds a subtle and delicious spice!
- Cinnamon: this is the base and bulk of this apple pie spice blend recipe. It creates a warm spiced foundation.
- Nutmeg: you can use freshly ground nutmeg for incredible flavor or store-bought.
- Allspice: with such a big aromatic profile, we’ll use much less of this spice to enhance the apple pie flavors.
- Cardamom & Ginger: my two favorites in this recipe! Adds depth and a little fresh spice. You can skip if desired (but I don’t recommend it).
How to Make Apple Pie Spice
This apple pie spice mixture is so incredibly easy to make, with just two steps! You’ll be using it with everything from warm desserts to cool apple ice cream!
- Stir together cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, and ginger in a small bowl.
- Store this recipe for apple pie spice in an airtight container at room temperature.
How to Customize this
Feel free to adjust any amount of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom and ginger in this recipe to suit your tastes.
Note: you can also skip cardamom or ginger which aren’t essential to apple pie spice mix but add delicious, aromatic flavor.
Pumpkin Pie Spice vs Apple Pie Spice
The difference between pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice lies in the flavor and the ingredients. While both use cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, apple pie spice has cardamom while pumpkin pie spice has cloves. Pumpkin pie spice is warmer and soothing in flavor while apple pie spice is a little spicier and cozy.
Storing Instructions
Store this apple pie spice blend recipe in an airtight spice jar container. You can keep this spice as long as the length of the shortest lasting spice in the mix. For example, your ground cinnamon lasts to September 2027 and your ground allspice lasts until October 2026. In the example, this homemade spice blend will last until October 2026.
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Apple Pie Spice Blend Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger, use more or less as desired
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, and ginger.
- Store apple pie spice mixture in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Notes
- Storing Instructions: This recipe for apple pie spice will last as long as the individual spices’ expiration dates. For the longest lasting homemade spice, use the freshest ingredients.
- Customizing: You can use more of less or any ingredient as desired. You can omit the cardamom or ginger as they’re not essential, but still flavorful, in this recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
