Pumpkin spice has become the epitome of the fall season. Right from September, you can see the shops rolling in their unique pumpkin spice creations as the leaves start to fall. Here’s how you can have the autumn season’s most awaited and beloved flavor that’s much more versatile to be used in a cup of coffee.
Delicious Pumpkin Spice Delicacies:
1. Pumpkin Spice Raisin and Walnut Muffins
A delightful autumnal treat that will instantly satisfy your fall cravings. When mixed into a basic muffin batter, these pumpkin spice snacks can be made by adding the seasonal cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg spices. The walnuts and plump raisins combine to provide an amazing texture.
Shay Mitchell, actress, lifestyle influencer, and baking enthusiast, lists the ingredients of the seasonal spice alongside basic ingredients in your batter for muffins:-
“You’re gonna whisk baking powder, baking soda, ground nutmeg, with a little allspice and ginger and some cinnamon just for that perfect smell ever; it smells amazing.”
While we love the texture of these baked treats, If you do not want walnuts or are allergic to them, then the actress also suggests some other tasty substitutes as well:-
“I love walnuts, and you can do pecans as a substitute, as well as berries if you don’t like raisins.”
2. Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
You can transform your normal cookies into something whimsical with pumpkin spice desserts such as these ice cream sandwiches bursting with the flavor of pumpkin! Take any cookies and add the spiced ice cream in between (sandwiching them) for this delicious, comforting sweet!
You’ll need some ingredients to complete this tasty ice cream recipe, as well as Capri Lilly, CEO and Creator of Good Food Baddie. Here’s how to make it:
“Start by adding the pumpkin puree, then coconut cream, maple syrup, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and coconut sugar, and blend until smooth. Then place it in the bread pan and the freezer for two hours, and you’ll have this delicious smooth, creamy pumpkin spiced ice cream.”
3. Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Thinking of pumpkin spice dishes for breakfast? Try including the delicious blend of the spicy pumpkin spice mix of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg with your pancake batter! This goes amazingly with the sweet mix of pancakes that is just heavenly with a big splash of maple syrup and/or ice cream.
This tasty pumpkin spice food can be your casual treat for fall, showing the importance of pumpkin spice dishes. Thomas Joseph, an award-winning chef, makes us remember one basic ingredient that we use in the kitchen daily, which can be just the thing that can make a tasty stack of pancakes truly memorable:-
“Pumpkin adds a wonderful seasonal flavor to pancakes. In addition to the spices, you must add a little salt whenever you’re baking. This kind of a version of baking with the right salt helps bring out all those wonderful flavors in many sweet items.”
4. Pumpkin Spice Popcorn
Pumpkin spice food like this bowl of popcorn can be made in just a few minutes. Pop in some popcorn kernels and add butter and sugar to the usual sweet popcorn ingredients. But we’ll also add the magic ingredient of fall: pumpkin spice. After some minutes, you’ll have a comforting bowl of snacks that you’ll be snuggling up!
Sunny Anderson, a celebrity chef and star of many shows on Food Network, suggests an important step of adding pumpkin seeds as well:-
“Toast your pumpkin seed and put a little bit of pie spice in there right at the end of toasting just to warm up the pumpkin pie spice, okay? It wakes it up.”
5. Spiced Pumpkin-Raisin Cookies
Many pumpkin spice recipes yield great results when mixed with dry fruits, and these simple raisin cookies are definitely one of those. Simply whip a basic batter and add the spice mix and raisins. These tasty treats are Giada De Laurentiis‘s, which, as in the words of the chef herself, are “spiced pumpkin raisin cookies are super chewy inside, and they’ve got a sugary crust on the outside.”
A trick that Giada says makes the cookie complete is dusting the raw sugar on top of the cookies. She quotes:-
“I top it with a little bit of the raw sugar when it bakes. It kind of puffs up a little bit. It’s chewy inside and has that wonderful sort of sugary crust.”
Pop these cookies in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, and your home will smell like a cozy cottage, and you’ll be ready with a plate full of tasty treats!
6. Pumpkin Spice Smoothie Bowl
If you like pumpkin spice smoothies, you’ll love the pumpkin smoothie bowl, a super creamy blend of pumpkin puree, milk, banana, pumpkin spice, and fruits and nuts (optional). This protein bowl is nutritious and goes amazingly with the fall aesthetic!
You can use both market-bought pumpkin spice and your homemade one, but if you are making it at home, Thomas Joseph recommends using fresh nutmeg, which forms the core part of pumpkin spice recipes. He quotes:-
“I like to use a nice piece of nutmeg and freshly grate it myself. It adds a punchier flavor than if you buy that store-bought ground nutmeg that looks pretty good.”
Conclusion
With the comforting shades of orange, yellow, and gold, pumpkin spice dishes come back yearly in different dishes and treats. Apart from trying the coffee mix of pumpkin and cinnamon, we hope you got some inspiration on including this delicious ingredient to make the autumnal time more flavorful and memorable.