By Eve Victory
It’s that time of year when everyone is showing off their pumpkins – for Halloween, for Fall and for food and beverage. Everywhere we go, we are inundated with pumpkin spice something. Even Little Debbie’s gets on this bandwagon with mini pumpkin rolls.
You can bring on the pumpkin spice right in your own home. All you need is canned pumpkin and (5) ingredients in your cupboard to whip up a pumpkin spice treat.
Pumpkin Pie Spice
Just mix the following together:
3 tbsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cloves
Store it in an air tight container and you’ve got that amazing aroma and flavor right at your fingertips.
Instead of shelling out nearly $6 for your grande Pumpkin Spiced Latte at Starbucks, make your own. There are a million recipes available out there, but I’ve made this one myself, and it is lovely.
Pumpkin Spice Latte
2 cups milk
2 tbsp pumpkin puree
1 to 3 tbsp sugar, depending on how sweet you like it
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, plus more for serving
1/2 cup strong hot coffee
Whipped cream, for serving
Add the milk, pumpkin and sugar to a saucepan and heat it until hot, but not boiling. Then add the vanilla, your homemade pumpkin spice, and the coffee and stir. Top it with whipped cream and a dash of pumpkin spice for garnish and voila!
A native New Yorker, Eve Victory has called Hot Springs home since 2003. Working for years as an event and tradeshow planner and personal chef, Eve is currently the Hospitality and Tourism Instructor at National Park College. For information on how to turn your education into a career in the second largest industry in Hot Springs, contact Eve at evictory@np.edu.
