Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe, Scaled to Your Batch

By Cedrick Reese, Ready Utilities

America's Test Kitchen's pumpkin pie spice is 2 parts ground cinnamon, 1 part ground ginger, and 1/2 part each ground nutmeg and allspice, which makes 4 teaspoons.

Common batch sizes

Tap a batch size to load it into the calculator, and the exact amounts appear below.

Pumpkin pie spice calculator

Every ingredient here has a USDA weight, so you can scale by grams. That makes it easy to fill a jar of a set size, like the 100 gram batch above.

Ground spices vary by brand. Taste and adjust.

The base recipe

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Adapted from Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice, America's Test Kitchen

Yield: Makes 4 teaspoons

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

Mix all the ingredients together well in a small bowl.

Scale this recipe

On this page

Batch size chart

Ingredient	Half batch	Base batch	Double	Triple
ground cinnamon	1 tsp (2.6 g)	2 tsp (5.2 g)	1 tbsp + 1 tsp (10 g)	2 tbsp (16 g)
ground ginger	1/2 tsp (0.9 g)	1 tsp (1.8 g)	2 tsp (3.6 g)	1 tbsp (5.4 g)
ground nutmeg	1/4 tsp (0.6 g)	1/2 tsp (1.1 g)	1 tsp (2.2 g)	1 1/2 tsp (3.3 g)
ground allspice	1/4 tsp (0.5 g)	1/2 tsp (1.0 g)	1 tsp (1.9 g)	1 1/2 tsp (2.9 g)
Total volume	2 tsp	1 tbsp + 1 tsp	2 tbsp + 2 tsp	1/4 cup

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice from America's Test Kitchen, scaled with the site's kitchen rounding. Weights from USDA FoodData Central where USDA lists the exact form.

Replacing store-bought pumpkin pie spice

If a recipe calls for store-bought pumpkin pie spice, America's Test Kitchen suggests mixing 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, and 1/8 teaspoon each of ground nutmeg and ground allspice for every teaspoon called for. That's the same ratio as the base recipe, so the calculator's By amount mode gives the same answer for any amount.

How the scaling works

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice totals 1 tbsp + 1 tsp as published, across 4 ingredients. Every one is multiplied by the same number, so ground cinnamon stays 50% of the blend whatever size you make. Pick a multiplier directly, or enter the amount you want and the calculator works back to it from that 1 tbsp + 1 tsp total, or from the {grams(d["base_total_grams"])} the batch weighs.

Amounts under 3 teaspoons round to the nearest 1/8 teaspoon, and larger amounts round to the nearest 1/4 teaspoon in tablespoons.

Worked example: doubling the base recipe

Ingredient	Base	x 2
ground cinnamon	2 teaspoons	1 tbsp + 1 tsp
ground ginger	1 teaspoon	2 tsp
ground nutmeg	1/2 teaspoon	1 tsp
ground allspice	1/2 teaspoon	1 tsp

How this was checked

America's Test Kitchen publishes this blend twice, as a recipe and again inside its spice blends article, with the same proportions both times. Cedrick Reese checked both for Ready Utilities before building the calculator, and the amounts appear exactly as published. All four spices have gram weights in USDA FoodData Central, which is why weight mode works on this page.

Frequently asked questions

What is in pumpkin pie spice?

America's Test Kitchen's recipe uses 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice. It makes 4 teaspoons.

How much should I make?

The base recipe makes 4 teaspoons, enough for a recipe or two. For a jar, switch to By weight and enter the grams you want, such as 100 grams.

How do I replace 1 teaspoon of store-bought pumpkin pie spice?

America's Test Kitchen suggests 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, and 1/8 teaspoon each of ground nutmeg and ground allspice for every teaspoon called for.

Why does weight mode work for this blend?

USDA FoodData Central lists gram weights for ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, and ground allspice, so every ingredient can be scaled by weight.