Description
This Homemade Gingerbread Spice Recipe is a fragrant blend of warm spices perfect for adding a cozy, festive flavor to your holiday baking, drinks, and desserts. The mix combines allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon to create the classic gingerbread taste easily reproduced at home.
Ingredients
Scale
Spices
- 1 tablespoon ground allspice
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine the spices: Add all of the ground spices— allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon—into an airtight container.
- Mix thoroughly: Stir the spices together well using a spoon or shake the container with the lid tightly closed to evenly blend all the flavors.
- Store: Keep the spice blend sealed in the container in a cool, dry place until ready to use in recipes.
Notes
- Use this spice blend in gingerbread cookies, cakes, lattes, and other holiday treats.
- Adjust the amounts of spices to taste if you prefer a stronger or milder gingerbread flavor.
- The blend keeps fresh up to 6 months when stored properly.
- You can double or triple the recipe to have extra on hand for the season.
