How To Make Your Own Cardamom Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

Pumpkin pie spice is so easy to make, and with the amount of fall and winter baking we all do, you might as well load up on all the spices!

I think there are two kinds of people in the world: those that love cardamom… and those that don’t. There’s no middle ground. I am of the former variety. Ever since I had my first chai over 25 years ago, I have not been able to stop making googly eyes at cardamom. It’s the mysteriously delicious secret ingredient hailing from India that makes chai taste like chai. I take my affection so far that my go-to “perfume” is cardamom essential oil.

Would you believe that something that pairs so wonderfully with clove and cinnamon is typically left out of conventional pumpkin pie spices? What is this conspiracy?! Let’s fix that, at least in our own cupboards.

Nutmeg, on the other hand. How is that in everything? I say: It Only Belongs In Egg Nog. That is the one and only place that the flavor is enhanced by the presence of nutmeg.

To each his own, right?

This recipe makes just over 1/2 a cup. So, feel free to halve my recipe and try it out first. That is the beauty of making your own— you can tweak it to your taste, thus making all your baked goods taste exceptional to you! (The downside is that most of us don’t live alone. I happen to be married to a man who has just as deep of affection for nutmeg as my disdain for it. If he’ll be home to eat the baked goods, I’ll add a little extra for him. We do what we can!)

My original inspiration for adding cardamom to pumpkin pie spice came from my dear friend’s blog, and it has a more subtle touch of cardamom and a normal amount of nutmeg. Check it out, if mine seems too far off from the normal flavor you’re after!

Ingredients:

• Cinnamon
• Cardamom
• Ginger
• Clove
• All Spice
• Nutmeg

I love to purchase my spices from Azure for two reasons:

1. There’s no better price out there for organic spices.
2. The majority of their spices are grown in America. I’m not saying that’s important because I’m a patriot, (I am!) but because there is far more quality assurance if we know they are coming from here rather than China (especially) or other countries.
   
   I used to get my spices from a common herb and spice website. Azure beats them on both fronts, so check your go-to source and see how it compares on those fronts.

Use in any recipe that calls for cinnamon.

Fall and winter palates are never disappointed by this medley of spices showing up anywhere and everywhere. And if your palate is anything like mine, swap the cinnamon out for this cardamom pumpkin pie spice. While you’re at it, double or triple what it calls for! (Who is satisfied by a measly 1/2 tsp cinnamon in these recipes!?)

I hope this cardamom pumpkin pie spice blend delights all your baking adventures this fall! Pin this recipe to find it easily when you get a hankering. Try it out and come back and rate it and leave a review. Did you leave it the same, or how did you tweak it!? Thanks for being here!