Warm Autumn Spice Mixes

 
I cook from scratch and usually don't need a baking spice mix, but when I do, I hate having to stop and look them up. So I am posting them all here in a handy reference and also posting them at the Victory Cottage Cookbook for a baking reference. I love baking in the fall, and this spice recipe list is one of the reasons it is so cozy, warm, and wonderful! 

Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

3 tablespoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice

Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight seal. Shake to combine. Store in a cabinet for up to two years. (Makes almost 1/4 cup.)

Apple Pie Spice Mix

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

Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight seal. Shake to combine. Store in a cabinet for up to two years. (Makes a little more than a 1/3 cup.)

Gingerbread Spice Mix

3 tablespoons ginger
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice

Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight seal. Shake to combine. Store in a cabinet for up to two years. (Makes a little more than 1/3 cup.)

Allspice Mix 

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cloves

Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight seal. Shake to combine. Store in a cabinet for up to two years. (Makes about 1 1/3 tablespoon.)

Cinnamon Sugar Spice Mix

1/2 cup white granulated sugar 
2 tablespoons cinnamon

 Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight seal. Shake to combine. Store in a cabinet for up to two years. (Makes 10 tablespoons or a little over half a cup.)

If you are missing cloves in the ingredients, it is in the allspice. They are all made of very similar spices, just varying amounts of each. I tried to make this easy for a pantry restock and without the need to go out and buy an odd spice you hardly ever use. 

I have set up my mother's baker's rack in my cottage corner for autumn baking. I have been choosing the essentials deemed worthy of going here. What are your fall baking essentials? 

In Victory,

Sherry