5 Baking Spice Blends to Make at Home
These 5 sweet baking spice blends are perfect for adding a little seasonal spice to your cookies, cakes, and baked goods.
These 5 simple Homemade Baking Spice Blends are essential pantry staples when it comes to fall baking. Each with their own distinctive flavour profile, they all add a warm sweet, spicy flavour to your baked goods and they could not be easier to make. Just toss the spices together in a bowl, stir until well combined, then transfer to an airtight container (these mini IKEA jars are my favourite ) and store at room temperature for up to 6 months. Why buy them when they’re so easy to make at home?
Apple Pie Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
Chai Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons ground cardamom
- 1 tablespoon ground allspice
Gingerbread Spice
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
Biscoff (Speculoos) Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
How to use these Baking Spice Blends
These blends can be used wherever you would use cinnamon or baking spices. Add a dusting to your morning latte or bedtime steamer. Bake it into your favourite cookies, like these Snickerdoodles. Use it to flavour your morning bowl of oats.
I’d love to hear your favourite uses for these baking spice blends. Let me know in the comments below!
5 Homemade Baking Spice Blends
Ingredients
Apple Pie Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
Chai Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons ground cardamom
- 1 tablespoon ground allspice
Gingerbread Spice
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
Biscoff (Speculoos) Spice
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Instructions
- Combine the spices together in a small bowl.
- Stir until well combined.
- Transfer to an airtight container.