Homemade Gingerbread Spice

Add a dash to your Eggnog or morning Oatmeal for a holiday flair! Put some of this mix in an 8-oz jelly jar and give as a gift along with cookie cutters, some standard cake mixes, along with a sampling of recipes.

Mix also works with hot cocoa,  a yellow cake mix, pancake or waffle batter, ground coffee before brewing, scones, muffins, cookies, whatever you want to have a gingerbread flavor.

Note: Pumpkin pie spice is heavy on cinnamon, whereas gingerbread spice has a balance of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves and ginger

"Everything in December is better with gingerbread!"

YIELD: 1 3/4 cup mix

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons cinnamon

2 tablespoons ground ginger

1 teaspoon allspice

½ teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cloves

½ teaspoon Ground Cardamom [optional]

1 teaspoon Gingerbread Spice Mix – for sprinkling over Hot Cocoa

For a standard size cookie recipe (makes 2-3 dozen), use 4 teaspoons.

To flavor ground coffee before brewing, use 2 teaspoons.

For french toast, pancakes or waffles, use 2-3 tsp to flavor batter that is meant to make a dozen or so servings.

For standard size cakes (9x13 or two 8" rounds) use 5 tsp of the mix.

Try Gingerbread Loaf, Gingerbread Popcorn, Susiecat's Gingerbread Sugar Cookies

Mix adapted from: RecipesOfHealth and Food.com