Absolutely Apple Pie Spice and Baking Blend ~ Apple Pie Spice Recipe!!

I recently shared an apple pie rugelach recipe in which I used my homemade apple pie spice blend.  Today I want to share this blend with you so that you can make it for yourself and use it in your baking for the upcoming holiday season!

This blend is simple and contains many spices that you most likely already have on your spice rack or pantry shelf.  This one contains the basics, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice,clove and my secret ingredient, cardamom!  The cardamom adds a citrusy note that is not available anywhere else.  It really is delicious and reminiscent of many Scandinavian recipes for the holidays including Christmas Stolen.  

This recipe makes about 1/2 cup and will be very useful this season.  To  use, simply add up the amount of spices your recipe calls for and use an appropriate amount.  For instance, if your recipe calls for a teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 a teaspoon of nutmeg, a 1/4 teaspoon of clove and 1/4 teaspoon of allspice you can simply use two teaspoons of this blend.  The added cardamom will only add a delicious extra flavor profile to your finished recipe.

I have stored mine in a 1/4 pint mason jar and I think these would make lovely take away gifts for your holiday table.  Especially for your Thanksgiving dinner!  Then your guests could use these for their holiday baking and remember you while they do it.  These would make lovely place card holders for your guests to take home as well!  Decorate to fit your tablescape and you are all set!

I hope you give this homemade apple pie spice and baking blend a try and I hope you love it!

Happy eating!

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Noreen's Kitchen

Apple Pie Spice and

Baking Blend

Ingredients

4 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground allspice 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 1 teaspoons ground cardamon 1 teaspoon ground clove

Step by Step Instructions

Combine all ingredients in an airtight container and give it a good shake.

Store in a cool, dry and dark place and use within 6 months for best flavor.

Use by the teaspoon in recipes calling for apple pie spice or cinnamon for a delicious alternative to the single spice. 

Enjoy!

Gearing Up for Holiday Baking!! Perfectly Pumpkin Pie Spice & Baking Blend!!

You asked for it!  Here it is!  I have recently used my homemade pumpkin pie and baking spice blend in a few recipes and the response to share was overwhelming!  

This is super easy to throw together with spices you already have on your spice rack or pantry shelf.  This gives you another opportunity to run through your spice supply and always have something fresh and delicious available for holiday baking!  This spice blend will not disappoint!  It is the perfect combination for using in pumpkin pie, but so many other things like pumpkin bread, muffins, butter, latte, you name it!

I also have a very special announcement to share with you.  I have been keeping this a secret for several months.  6 to be exact.  I will soon be published in my first nationwide publication.  Molly Green Magazine contacted me and invited me to write an article and share recipes in their winter edition which will be on new stands at the beginning of December!

I was invited to write about "gifts in a jar"  I focused on homemade spice blends for both sweet and savory preparations.  These are some blends that I have already shared here on my channel and some that are brand new and I will be sharing in the future.  The pumpkin pie spice and baking blend is one of those that will be featured in the magazine.

If you are not familiar with Molly Green Magazine, they are focused on homesteading and homeschooling.  They are a Christian publication and strive to help people make a better, self sufficient life for themselves.  I hope that you will seek out their magazine and see if it will help you in your own life!  You can find them on their website to learn more about what they are all about! http://bit.ly/2cTAqMh

I want to take this time to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this community and my journey.  For eight years I have shared videos, recipes and myself and my family with you.  We have become our own version of a family, right here on the internet.  I have shared triumphs and failures with you all.  Many of you have gone out of your way to share your life with us as well.  I appreciate each and every one of you and what you bring to our, ever growing table!  Keep it up and who knows where the journey will take us all!

I hope you will enjoy making the pumpkin pie spice and baking blend for yourself and using it in your holiday baking and cooking!  I think this is also an excellent holiday gift or pre holiday gift for the foodies in your life so they will be already for their marathon baking sessions for Thanksgiving and Christmas and everything in between!

I hope you give this spice blend a try and I hope you love it!

Happy Baking!

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You can see how I made this in my YouTube video here:

Noreen's Kitchen

Perfectly Pumpkin Pie

Spice and Baking Blend

Ingredients

4 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 tablespoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground clove

Step by Step Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a mason jar and give a good shake.  This will make approximately ½ cup of spice. 

Keep in a dark, cool, dry place.  Use as you would when a recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice.

Enjoy!

The Frost Is On the Pumpkin and Autumn is Here! Pumpkin Bundt Cake Recipe

We are getting ready to celebrate the arrival of fall!  Many of you know that fall or Autumn is my very favorite season of them all.  Winter is a close second, spring coming in third and summer, well, you can have it!  Hate summer with a passion.  Who has time for hot, sticky, humid, weather and bugs?  Don't even get me started on sand in your pants from going to the beach.  Yes, Autumn is the perfect season!  Crisp mornings full of cool air with a tinge of wood smoke. Warm but not hot afternoons that are also not humid.  Colorful leaves falling to decorate the earth creating a red and gold carpet that rivals anything any artist ever envisioned.  Autumn is my jam.  

With autumn comes the welcomed arrival of pumpkin everything so I will just go there today with this delicious and simple, from scratch pumpkin cake that will have you dancing like Snoopy on top of her dog house!    

This pumpkin cake is very much the same as my banana cake only instead of banana we are using pumpkin and instead of a few spices we are using a lot of my homemade perfectly pumpkin spice blend.  I will eventually share this with you.  Regular old pumpkin spice will work fine.  If you don't have that, I will give you a simple formula in the written recipe that will be available on my website.  

This cake is simple and delicious.  It is moist and best of all it can be dressed up or down.  I have made it in a Bundt pan in this video because we took this to our monthly church pot luck a couple of weeks ago and this made for simple portioning.  The Bundt cake does take about twice as long as baking this in a 9 x 13 pan, but if you are going for looks, go for the Bundt!     You could also make this in two loaf pans or in two nine inch rounds,  three eight inch rounds or this will make 3 dozen standard cup cakes.  That's a lot of choices!  

This cake has no added oil.  Only the eggs and buttermilk to serve as the fat along with the pumpkin puree to keep the cake moist.  You won't miss it, I promise.  This cake is delicious just the way it is or you go simple and dust with powdered sugar or really go whole hog and slather on some cream cheese frosting.  This is best done if you have made the sheet cake version of this recipe.  Today I chose to go somewhere in between with a simple icing glaze flavored up with maple and vanilla extracts and enough powdered sugar and a splash or two of milk until I got the perfect consistency.  Then I draped that glaze right over the cake and let it dry.

This cake is delicious, any way you make it.  plain, frosted or glazed, you will have them coming back for more!

I hope you give this delicious pumpkin spice Bundt cake a try and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

You can get a printable version of this  recipe on my website here: http://bit.ly/2d0VTP0

You can see how I made this in my YouTube video:

Noreen's Kitchen

 Pumpkin Bundt Cake

Ingredients

1 cup pumpkin puree 1 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups flour

Maple Glaze 2 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons maple extract 1 tablespoon maple syrup 2-4 tablespoons milk, to achieve thick icing

Step by Step Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a 10-12 cup Bundt cake pan with cooking oil spray.

Whisk together pumpkin puree, buttermilk, eggs vanilla and sugar in a large bowl until well combined.

Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt and wisk well to incorporate. 

Pour batter into prepared pan and distribute evenly.  Smooth top.

Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean with no sign of wet batter.  The top will spring back when lightly touched.

Remove From oven and allow cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely before glazing.

Prepare glaze by whisking together powdered sugar, extracts, syrup and 1 tablespoon of milk at a time until you get a thick but pour-able consistency that will cling to the sides of the cake.

Drizzle  the icing evenly over the cake being sure to glaze down the center.  Allow icing to dry in before slicing and serving.

Store cake in a cake dome or air tight cake keeper.  This cake will last for up to one week, but won’t last that long, if you know what I mean!  LOL!