In this Recipe Roundup I'm sharing all my gluten free pumpkin recipes. Both sweet and savoury recipes plus ideas to use pumpkin spice in new ways. Whether you're excited about pumpkin spice or not, you can't deny the fact that pumpkin spice is now a season.
Pumpkin Pie Spice and Pumpkin Spice have been around since the 1950’s but Starbucks brought us the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2004 and have slowly created a new season. Crazy hey!
Recipe Roundups are meant to help you quickly find seasonal recipes. Every year I look forward to making a few old favourites from this list. I will definitely bake something with pumpkin for my one friend who is a serious pumpkin fan. There's nothing like baking for people who appreciate it!
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Are Spices Gluten Free
Let's talk about spices for a minute. Individual packaged spices are considered low risk for the gluten free diet but spice blends is where it gets tricky. Once spices are combined companies may add 'a little something' to prevent clumping, decrease the cost or I'm sure for many reasons I've never thought of.
I see on social media that there are companies selling gluten free spices but for me, I just stay away from premixed spices. I've got all the ingredients in my jam-packed spice cupboard and can make any combination I want.
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
Most recipes for a pumpkin spice blend start with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg with cinnamon being the most prominent. Some recipes use cloves, others use allspice and of course, some use both.
The beauty of making spice blends yourself is that you can mess around to perfect a recipe or make it different every time. This is my recipe for homemade pumpkin pie spice.
Blend together 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ½ teaspoon allspice and ½ teaspoon cloves. Store in airtight container. |
Organize for Success
I love Mason jars for organizing and my system with 7 sizes of jars and only 2 lids works perfectly for spices. (Check out my post, Organize For Success with Mason Jars.) I use the tiny half cup Mason jar with the metal or plastic lid for any homemade spice blend. It needs a label and I also love my Dymo LetraTag label maker even though some of my friends laugh at that.
Perk Up Your Breakfast With A Little Pumpkin Spice
Add a few teaspoons of pumpkin spice to your favourite pancake, waffle or granola recipe.
Pumpkin Spice Baked Goods
Listen to my interview on A Canadian Celiac Podcast, What's All The Fuss About Pumpkin Pie Spice. If you've heard us talk before you know we can get excited about baking and we did! We came up with all kinds of ideas to use both the spice blend and the syrup. The spices will work in any recipe that calls for cinnamon so give it a try.
The first thing that came to my mind was cinnamon rolls. I make two batches every time I teach my cooking class The Art Of Cinnamon Rolls so I've got lots of experience. You could even try adding some pumpkin puree to the filling but October will be gone before I need to make cinnamon rolls again. Let me know if you tried it.
Many recipes, like my Pumpkin Ginger Muffins, contain all the spices typical in a pumpkin pie, but they're listed individually and in different amounts. That's because bakers were making all sorts of recipes before the pumpkin spice craze was a thing. It's a little reminder to bakers that with a little practise, you can adjust the spices in your baking much like you would adjust the spices in your cooking.
Savoury Pumpkin Recipes
Desserts, Cakes and Cookies
I hope you're inspired to try some new recipes or make your own pumpkin pie spice blend and get creative in the kitchen. I've love to hear and see what you're making. Send me an email or share your photo and tag me anywhere on social media.
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