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Get ready for fall with these delicious pumpkin spice recipes!

Creative ways to cook with the pumpkin spice! Read out and try the recipes with taste and aroma of the pumpkin spice in your meals. ...

Although pumpkin is not necessary for the best fall recipes, it does complement pumpkin-based dishes.

Pumpkin Spice

You only need a few ingredients to make pumpkin spice, and it lasts awhile in storage. All you'll need is: 

  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

These ingredients, when mixed together, will create 1 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin spice. You can use this spices for various fall recipes, such as lattes and pumpkin pies.

Creative Ways to Cook

Pumpkin Cookies With Icing

These cookies are mouth-watering, pumpkin puree and the pumpkin spice recipe blending together to create a scrumptious snack. With a delectable brown butter icing on top, they're perfect with iced or hot coffee alike. Sealed in an airtight container, they can be stored for up to one week and still remain soft as ever.

Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles

This snickerdoodle recipe has been reinvented for fall by adding 1/4 cup of pumpkin puree to the cookie batter. Right before baking, roll them into a mixture of pumpkin spice and sugar. They are done once they are soft in the center.

Coffee Cake with Pumpkin Spice Icing

A delicious coffee cake with the perfect balance of pumpkin spice flavor, whether you enjoy it during brunch topped with streusel or as a delectable treat at your local bake sale.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Instead of discarding your loaf of bread once it's gone stale, put it to good use with this amazing recipe! Mixing chunks of the bread with cranberries, pumpkin puree, raisins, and pumpkin spice before baking makes for a delicious and fluffy dessert. Top if off with brown sugar icing or whipped cream for some extra zest, and anyone - kids included - will love this mouthwatering treat!

Pumpkin Soup

This soup is perfect for a chilly fall morning. For an extra special touch, add pureed smoked red peppers and pumpkin spice. Serve it in a bread bowl and top with cream for a complete and cozy meal.

French Toasts With Pumpkin and Cider Syrup

French toast with a twist - instead of regular eggs, we use pumpkin puree mixed in. This, along with heated bread and powdered sugar/thick cider syrup makes for a delicious breakfast this fall. To drink? A hot latte, of course!

Pumpkin Layer Cake

Bring the flavor of fall to your family with this delicious cake, layered with cream cheese frosting and chopped candied walnuts.

Cream Puffs

These cream puffs are made with choux pastry and filled with brown sugar and pumpkin-flavored pastry cream. They're best when the choux pastry is filled with the pastry cream just before serving.

Spiced Tiramisu

This pumpkin tiramisu is made with pumpkin puree in the mascarpone frosting, and it is dusted with pumpkin spice instead of cocoa powder.

Pumpkin Spiced Latte

If your coffee doesn't quite have enough pumpkin, add some puree and sprinkle in store-bought or homemade pumpkin spice. It'll be like drinking a slice of pumpkin pie on your way to work!

Pumpkin Pasta

A unique Alfredo pasta where the sauce is made with heavy cream, hot sauce, and pumpkin puree. Other spices are dependent on your taste buds. Pumpkin might sound like an odd ingredient for pasta, but trust me- when it's combined with heavy cream and parmesan, the pumpkin flavor is subtle. The best part about this dish is that it can be light or creamy- depending on what you prefer! This definitely one of the best pumpkin spice recipes I've ever tried.