Making your own pumpkin pie spice is super simple and needless to say, it just tastes better than the kind you buy at the store.  That’s the way it is about anything that is homemade versus store bought.  Don’t even get me started on the difference between homemade and store bought fruit jam!

Here’s the quick recipe!

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Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe

Course Baking

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 6 Tablespoons

Author TGIF - This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves

Instructions

• In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together until well blended
  
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• Store in an airtight container
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We have a pumpkin recipe that is in our top ten most viewed recipes on our blog.  The recipe does not call for pumpkin pie spice in particular but lists cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. The next time I make these muffins, I am going to substitute 2 1/2 teaspoons of this spice mix to 1) make the recipe a little easier and 2) to see if it makes it even just a little better!

Here’s the link to the recipe:

The Best Pumpkin Muffins Ever

They seriously are so moist and we get SO many compliments on them.

So one pumpkin lover to another, this mix is so versatile and you will use it to make so many yummy pumpkin dishes.  Enjoy!

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* We’re sharing our favorite links from last week’s party at the beginning of today’s party.  Check them out and then keep scrolling down for the link party.  Happy Weekend!

Thanks for participating in the Best Recipes and DIY Projects Party last week!  We’re thrilled to share some of our favorite links from last week’s link party with you.

We know that it isn’t officially autumn, yet, but we were so excited to see the first pumpkin recipes pop up during the link party!  Pumpkin is one fall flavor we are always more than ready to welcome back!  If you are as anxious to begin enjoying the delicious recipes reserved just for fall, then we’re sure you’ll be delighted to try one of these.

Homemade Pumpkin Bread from Penny Pincher Jenny

Pumpkin French Macarons from Sweet & Savory

Baked Pumpkin Pecan Donuts with Maple Glaze from About a Mom

Pumpkin Pie Puppy Chow from Growing Up Gabel

Now, let’s get this party started!

 Happy Weekend, everyone! We’re delighted that you came to our party. The link-up is live and ready for you to share your recipes, DIY projects and crafts, just make sure you follow these guidelines:

1. When you link up, you are giving us permission to feature your project and pictures on our blogs and social media with a link back to you.
2. We’ll feature our favorite projects from this weekend’s party at the beginning of next week’s link party.
3. Weekly favorites will also be pinned to our Link Party Favorites Board on Pinterest!
4. Add a text link back to the host blog.
5. You can link up any post you’ve created during this past week.
6. We’re excited about your handmade items, but this link party is limited to blog posts only. Please don’t linkup your Etsy shop.
7. Share the love and comment on two or more of the other projects that are linked up. We all love comments!

This party starts every Friday at 5 P.M. MST, and keeps going until the following Tuesday evening. Feel free to invite others to join in the fun!

Thanks for participating! Your Hosts,

Ruthie from Cooking With Ruthie, Jeni from Bakerette, Mandy from Mandy’s Recipe Box, Dan and Chris from Live Dan 330, and Deb, Tracy, and Sherri from Made From Pinterest

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My search for a gluten free flour that could produce an amazing crust began. I’ve tried ALOT of different GF flours only to be disappointed in the results and frustrated at the expensive cost of the GF flour. I’m happy to announce that happy days are here again since finding Cup4Cup gluten free flour! Seriously this stuff is amazing, and no this is not a sponsored post! When you find something this good, especially something GF you want to share the good news.

You can go to the Cup4Cup site to purchase their flour or, I recently found it online at Walgreens with free shipping if you purchase 2 bags. The investment of 2 bags is worth every penny!

A light flakey crust is the perfect combination with the pumpkin filling and whip cream in these tartlets. I love that you get a equal amount of pie and pie crust with each bite. There is a special ingredient that makes this pie crust so amazing, head on over to  My Kitchen Escapades to find the special ingredient and get the recipe!

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My favorite kind of pie is Razzleberry from Marie Callendar’s.  Whenever I find those on sale at the grocery store, I always stock up because Razzleberry Pie is also my husband’s favorite.

But.

My mom’s favorite pie is…….

Mincemeat.

While I was growing up, my mom would buy the traditional pies for the holidays, but she would also always buy a mincemeat pie just for her.

Because no one else liked it.

So she could eat it all by herself.

But what in the heck is MINCEMEAT?

Traditionally,  a mincemeat pie used to contain beef or chicken with dried fruit and spices added only as a secondary ingredient.  Today mincemeat is mostly made of dried fruits (usually raisins) along with apples, nuts and spices.  It doesn’t sound all that bad, but I know that no one else in my family likes it.

I would say “hate” but that’s too strong of a word when one is talking about pies.

Luckily I DO know that all of my family likes pumpkin so I was pretty sure that these Pumpkin Pie Crumb Bars that I pinned from Cooking Classy would be a big hit!  And I was right.  The addition of the oatmeal in the bottom crust and crumbly topping makes this an over-the-top great fall dessert!

So if you like pumpkin, you will LOVE these Pumpkin Pie Crumb Bars!  And if you don’t like pumpkin, then you may just like these bars anyway, just for the fact that they aren’t…..

Mincemeat.

My opinion is that…..This Pin Rocks!

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Pumpkin Pie Crumb Bars

Course Dessert

Author madefrompinterest.net

Ingredients

• Crust
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups quick oats old fashioned works too
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Pumpkin Pie Filling

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed-light brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups canned pureed pumpkin
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk or half and half
• Whipped cream and cinnamon for serving (optional)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together flour, oats, salt and baking soda for 30 seconds. Add your 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Then add the melted butter and vanilla until everything is evenly moistened.
• Press half of the mixture into a greased 8 by 8-inch pan and bake for 15 minutes.
• While your crust is cooking, mix together 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and salt. Then add in egg, egg yolk and vanilla and stir until blended. Next, mix in pumpkin and milk.
• After your crust has cooked for 15 minutes, pour your pumpkin mixture over crust and return to the oven and bake another 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove from oven and top with the remaining crumb mixture. You will also want to move your oven rack closer to the top-center (not directly beneath but a few levels below) and return to oven to bake about 20 - 25 minutes longer until golden brown and the center only wiggles a little.
• Remove from oven and you can serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. You can also refrigerate and serve a little colder. Both are super delicious!

If you like this recipe, take a look at these other great “Fall” recipes at MadeFromPinterest:

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