Vegan Pumpkin Recipes

When looking at pumpkin-centric recipes, particularly those you bake, you will see lots of references to pumpkin spice. It's also sometimes known as pumpkin pie spice. It is a blend of spices usually consisting of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Its warming, spicy undertones compliment pumpkin perfectly and it is a common ingredient in sweet pumpkin recipes like pies, muffins, and cakes.
If you live in North America you should find pumpkin spice fairly easily. It will be with the other dried spices in most grocery stores. If you are located elsewhere in the world it can be hard to get hold of but don't worry because it's really easy to make yourself.

Make your own pumpkin spice mix by combining:
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Feel free to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe. Add to a jar, seal it and give it a shake to mix everything together. Store in your pantry and use wherever pumpkin spice is called for.

If at the last minute you find you are running short of pumpkin, it's perfectly fine to use any other squash puree (like butternut squash for instance) instead of pumpkin, and even (orange) sweet potato puree usually works well too.