Pumpkin Spice Latte - Recipe

Recipe and Method for this delicious Starbucks inspired coffee!

If you love this holiday as much as I do then you will love making your morning cup of coffee just as festival as all the new Halloween décor you've been collecting! 😆

Method Details:

The most important ingredient here is obviously the pumpkin puree. Living in Australia, this is a bit tricky to come by but easily made and to be honest after making this myself for a few years now, I much prefer it!

To make pumpkin puree:

• 1 Kent pumpkin

• Cut pumpkin into large slices keeping the skin on. This way when it is soft you can just scoop the pumpkin right off the skin

• Place on baking sheet with baking paper

• Bake in oven at 200 degrees until very soft and appears to be bubbling slightly- approx. 40 minutes depending on the size of slices. Test with a fork before removing from oven.

• Scoop the pumpkin off the skin and place in a food processor. Blend until smooth and no chunks. No need to add water.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe:

• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree

• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (more or less depending on our taste for this)

• To make pumpkin pie spice (makes one tbsp.):

  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon ginger

  • 1//2 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/2 teaspoon cloves

• Espresso coffee or other preferred coffee

• Sugar

• Milk

• Whipping cream (optional)

• Cinnamon or sprinkles for topping

Method:

• Combine 1/4 cup pumpkin puree and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice. Stir to combine. You may wish to use less or more of this depending on your taste. You could also reserve some and use as topping.

• Place one teaspoon (could use more depending on taste) of pumpkin spice mixture into mug

• Add hot coffee or espresso and stir well to dissolve as much as pumpkin as possible. Make sure the coffee is hot. I like to add the pumpkin to the mug before placing it under the espresso machine so the coffee is as hot as possible to help with combining.

• Add sugar .Even if you don't normally take sugar in your coffee I would still here otherwise the pumpkin can be overwhelming.

• Froth milk and add to coffee. If you don't have a milk frother then heat milk first.

• Add whipped cream and cinnamon, sprinkles, or pumpkin pie spice for topping.

• Store any remaining pumpkin mixture in fridge for future coffees! 🎃

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