Lower-sugar, all-natural pumpkin spice syrup - heavenly in coffee, lattes, or even a tea latte, not to mention drizzled over vanilla yogurt or ice cream!
Course Seasonings
Cuisine American
Keyword Coffee Syrup, Pumpkin Spice
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Steeping 1 hourhour
Servings 1cups
Author Elizabeth at thewildolive.org
Ingredients
1/2cupwater
3/4cupsugar
1/2cuppumpkin puree
2whole cinnamon sticks
8whole allspice berries
8whole cloves
1/2tsp.freshly grated nutmeg
1generous tsp. ground ginger
1/4tsp.kosher salt
1tsp.vanilla
Instructions
Using a mortar and pestle (or a clean coffee/spice grindecoarsely grind whole spices.
In a small saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved; remove from heat.
Stir in pumpkin puree. Stir in spices and allow mixture to steep for 1 hour. Whisk in vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Strain mixture thru a fine sieve. It's okay to "tap" on the strainer to help the mixture through, but don't press or scrape on the spices or you'll push through too much pumpkin fiber.
Refrigerate up to a month.
Notes
If you want to use all pre-ground spices, use 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. each allspice and cloves. Wait until pumpkin mixture cools to lukewarm before adding ground spices.