You can buy apple pie spice from any grocery store, but why not make your own from scratch? This homemade apple pie spice recipe is incredibly easy to make and keeps for months.
When it comes to baking, homemade always tastes better than store-bought. Here are some of our favorite recipes to help you bake from scratch: Homemade Chocolate Syrup, Homemade Dulce de Leche, or Homemade Lemon Curd.
What is Apple Pie Spice?
Apple pie spice is a mixture of cinnamon and other spices like nutmeg, cardamom, ginger and allspice. It’s very similar to pumpkin pie spice with the only difference being that allspice is used in apple pie spice instead of cloves. Both these mixtures have a warm flavor and smell like fall!
How to Make Apple Pie Spice at Home
This apple pie spice recipe requires just five ingredients and 5 minutes of your time! I love making my own spice mixes at home because I get to adjust the measurements as per my liking. For example, I prefer a more cinnamon-y apple pie spice so I use more cinnamon in this blend compared to what most recipes call for.
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Next you need crust. You can get frozen pie crust from the store, or you can make it from scratch. If you are making it from scratch, here is my recipe for easy homemade pie crust:
6 cups flour
6 tablespoons sugar
6 teaspoons salt
3 cups shortening
3 eggs
3 tablespoons vinegar
3/4 cup cold water
Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Cut in shortening using a pastry cutter or 2 knives until the mixture has small lumps no bigger than peas. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with vinegar and water. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix well by hand (or with dough hook if using mixer). Chill before rolling out.
The following recipe can be used to make homemade apple pie spice. The spice is great for quick apple pies, apple crisps or apple cobblers or other apple recipes.
1/2 cup ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg (freshly grated is best)
2 teaspoons ground allspice
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Store in an airtight container. Use as needed in recipes calling for apple pie spice. Makes about 1 cup of spice.
My Apple Pie Spice recipe is made with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and cloves. It’s easy to make and adds incredible flavor to your desserts. Plus, you can use it for savory dishes too!
While I love my Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix and my Homemade Chai Spice Blend, my favorite fall spice mix is Apple Pie Spice.
What is in Apple Pie Spice?
Apple pie spice is a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and sometimes ginger or cloves. It’s an incredibly aromatic blend that adds so much warmth and flavor to your baked goods.
I like using a combination of whole spices as opposed to ground because the aroma and flavor is so much more intense. Plus I love the way they look sprinkled on top of anything – it’s like edible confetti!
It’s not fall without a big slice of apple pie. But if you’re like me and don’t have the time or patience to make a whole pie, you can use this spice mix on almost anything.
Apple Pie Spice will really add that punch of flavor to your baking. You can use it in place of pumpkin pie spice too if you want to give your pumpkin bread or muffins some extra fall flavor. This is also great in oatmeal, coffee drinks, and even sprinkled over ice cream.
This recipe is for about 3 tablespoons (1/4 cup) of Apple Pie Spice, so feel free to double it if you want to make a larger batch.
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
I made apple pie spice a couple weeks ago, and as I was mixing it I thought “Why haven’t I done this before?” It’s so easy, inexpensive, and delicious. So what is apple pie spice? Exactly what it sounds like – a spice mix that you can use to make apple pie! Or lots of other things! I love sprinkling it on buttered toast or in my coffee, and in the fall it’s simply divine on top of homemade pumpkin ice cream.
This is another one of those recipes that uses spices you probably already have in your pantry. You don’t need to buy anything new. If you don’t want to make your own, it is possible to purchase prepared apple pie spice from the grocery store. But if you do want to make your own, here are the quantities and ingredients:
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Making your own DIY apple pie spice blend is as easy as combining 4 spices together. This blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice takes less than 5 minutes to make and can be used in tons of recipes including this mini apple pies recipe!
My bread and butter is coming up with unique recipes on my blog, and the idea for a homemade apple pie spice mix just came to me one day when I was making a recipe for mini apple pies.
The recipe called for spices that you would normally find in an apple pie (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) and I thought – why not combine them all into one blend? After all, they are often used together in sweet recipes like snickerdoodle cookies or chai tea.
I made the spice blend, used it in the recipe (which turned out amazing by the way) and then decided to make it again and use it in other recipes. It can be used in any recipe calling for those four spices. Think oatmeal, smoothies or even yogurt!
