Recipe: Delicious Gingerbread Spice Mix

Gingerbread Spice Mix. Directions Stir together the cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, black pepper and ground cloves in a small bowl until thoroughly combined. Use accordingly in your favorite gingerbread-spiced. There are five main spices in the gingerbread spice mix, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and of course ground ginger.

Gingerbread Spice Recipe It is super quick and easy to mix up your own Homemade Gingerbread Spice Mix. With just cinnamon, ginger, clove and nutmeg you can make a mini batch for personal baking or a large batch to give as gifts. I can get a little obsessed with Gingerbread during the holiday season. You can have Gingerbread Spice Mix using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Gingerbread Spice Mix

1. You need 4 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
2. It's 4 tbsp of ground ginger.
3. It's 2 tbsp of ground nutmeg.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cloves.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground allspice.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cardamom (optional).

This is a versatile mix of spices that can be added to lots of other things -- yellow cake mix, pancake or waffle batter, ground coffee before brewing, scones, muffins, cookies, whatever you want to have a gingerbread flavor. Pumpkin pie spice is heavy on cinnamon, whereas gingerbread spice has a balance of cinnamon, allspice, and ginger. It really does add a different and unique flavour. This gingerbread spice mix is the perfect addition to any holiday baking that may be on your radar.

Gingerbread Spice Mix step by step

1. Measure out spices and combine in airtight container..
2. Make sure well sealed and shake to mix!.
3. Store in cool dry place, out of direct sunlight. I'm using a small mason jar with a label..
4. You could also add ground coriander, ground cayenne, black pepper, ground anise or any combination to suit your own taste!.
5. Cakes, (standard size) use 3-5 tsp..
6. Cookies, (2-3 dozen) use 2-4 tsp..
7. Pancakes or waffles, (8 servings) use 1-3 tsp..
8. Can be used when making coffee, sprinkled on hot chocolate or even as a rub for chicken! Endless possibilites! And it would also make a great gift!.
9. Sprinkled on Apple slices today and loved it! Also was good in herbal tea! :-).

From cakes and cookies to muffins and pancakes, the possibilities are endless. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities. Ingredients in Gingerbread Spice: Ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cloves and optionally ground cardamom and/or ground coriander. Ginger: If you want to make your spice mix milder, you can cut the ginger amount in half. This Christmas spice mix is great in baking.