Pumpkin Pie Spice

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tmillion
tmillion Posts: 7 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi all

Need cooking advice...

I am making a Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie for Thanksgiving. It calls for 1/4 tsp of ground ginger, 1/4 tsp of nutmeg and 1/4 tsp of ground cloves

I have some "McCormick's Pumpkin Pie Spice" . I was thinking I could just use 3/4 tsp of that instead of the above. The incredients in the Pumpkin Pie Spice is:

Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg and Allspice

Any good cooks out there know if this would be ok, ie: a good substitue?

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  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,289 Member
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    It would be fine!
  • ambervargo
    ambervargo Posts: 67 Member
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    I think the ground cloves will make an important difference to the flavor to cut through the cream cheese flavor. If you use the pumpkin pie spice, I recommend at least also adding the cloves.
  • 4lafz
    4lafz Posts: 1,078 Member
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    I agree -the cloves will be important.
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
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    I think the cloves are important, however, if pumpkin pie spice is what you have on hand and you want to get it done it will totally be delicious.
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
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    Allspice is a form of pepper, which has a very similar affect to cloves. It often works as an alternative. I wouldn't see any reason to buy cloves.

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