APPLE PIE SPICE

Use our blend as a base for your very own recipe variations Sure to win at the county fair and most of all at Family get togethers through out the year..

One of the strengths of our Apple Pie Spice is that it already has remarkable depth thanks to the combination of True Ceylon Cinnamon, Fenugreek, Lemon Peel, Ginger, Cloves, and Nutmeg. Professional bakers and home cooks can easily tailor the blend to create seasonal signature flavors while preserving its warm, nostalgic character.

🍎 Autumn Harvest Variation

Designed for apple pies, crisps, cobblers, pumpkin breads, and autumn muffins.

Add per 2 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice:

• 1 tsp cardamom
• ½ tsp allspice
• ½ tsp orange zest powder

Flavor Profile

The cardamom introduces a fragrant bakery aroma while the orange notes enhance the existing lemon peel. The result is a deeper orchard-fruit character perfect for fall baking.

Best Uses:

• Apple pie
• Pumpkin bread
• Apple butter
• Pear crisps
• Coffee cakes

🎄 Holiday Hearth Variation

Inspired by traditional holiday kitchens filled with the aroma of cookies, cakes, and mulled fruit desserts.

Add per 2 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice:

• 1 tsp allspice
• ½ tsp ground cardamom
• ¼ tsp extra clove
• ½ tsp orange peel

Flavor Profile

Warm, festive, and deeply aromatic. This variation accentuates the clove and nutmeg notes while building a richer holiday spice bouquet.

Best Uses:

• Christmas cookies
• Fruitcake
• Gingerbread
• Bread pudding
• Holiday sweet rolls

🍐 Winter Orchard Blend

Perfect for baked pears, apple tarts, poached fruits, and elegant winter desserts.

Add per 2 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice:

• 1 tsp vanilla powder
• ½ tsp cardamom
• ½ tsp extra lemon peel

Flavor Profile

The floral sweetness of True Ceylon Cinnamon shines beautifully here. The vanilla softens the spice profile while enhancing the delicate citrus notes already present in the blend.

Best Uses:

• Pear desserts
• Danish pastries
• Custards
• Cheesecakes
• Poached fruit

🌼 Spring Baking Variation

A brighter, lighter profile suited for seasonal brunches and fruit-forward desserts.

Add per 2 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice:

• 1 tsp lemon zest powder
• ½ tsp vanilla powder
• ¼ tsp cardamom

Flavor Profile

Fresh citrus notes elevate the lemon peel already present in the blend while vanilla rounds the edges. The result is delicate, clean, and vibrant.

Best Uses:

• Scones
• Coffee cakes
• Blueberry muffins
• Fruit galettes
• Sweet biscuits

🍑 Summer Fruit Variation

Excellent for peach cobblers, berry crisps, grilled fruit desserts, and hand pies.

Add per 2 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice:

• 1 tsp vanilla powder
• ½ tsp orange peel
• ¼ tsp ginger

Flavor Profile

Highlights stone fruits and berries while maintaining the comforting warmth of cinnamon and nutmeg. The fenugreek contributes a subtle baked-syrup richness that pairs beautifully with peaches.

Best Uses:

• Peach cobbler
• Blueberry pie
• Strawberry crisp
• Grilled peaches
• Fruit turnovers

⭐ Baker's Practical Insight

Because True Ceylon Cinnamon has a naturally smooth, sweet, almost floral character, it allows additional spices to be layered without developing the harsh woody finish commonly associated with lower-grade cassia cinnamons. The subtle maple-like qualities of fenugreek and the brightness of lemon peel make this blend exceptionally adaptable across all four seasons, allowing bakers to create distinctive signature desserts while maintaining a familiar, comforting apple pie foundation.

Featuring Ham Towne Spicery Apple Pie Spice

Nothing showcases the warm character of our Apple Pie Spice better than a traditional American pie and a creative bakery favorite. The smooth sweetness of True Ceylon Cinnamon, the subtle maple-like richness of fenugreek, the brightness of lemon peel, and the depth of ginger, cloves, and nutmeg create a blend that was made for apples.

🥧 All-American Vintage Apple Pie

Inspired by the classic Betty Crocker apple pies that became kitchen staples throughout the 1950s and 1960s. 

Ingredients (9-inch Double Crust Pie)

Filling

• 8 cups (900g) tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
• ¼ cup (30g) all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Ham Towne Spicery Apple Pie Spice
• 2 Tbsp (28g) butter, diced

Crust

• 2½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• ¾ cup (170g) cold shortening or butter
• 5 to 7 Tbsp ice water

Directions

🥣 Combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add ice water gradually until dough comes together. Divide into two discs and chill for 45 minutes.

🍎 In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, flour, and Apple Pie Spice. Toss until evenly coated.

🥧 Roll out one crust into a 9-inch pie pan. Fill with the apple mixture and dot with butter. Roll out the second crust and place over filling. Seal, flute, and cut steam vents.

🔥 Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 15 minutes.

🔥 Reduce oven temperature to 375°F (190°C) and continue baking 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbling.

⏲️ Allow the pie to cool for at least 2 hours before slicing.

Baker's Note

The True Ceylon Cinnamon creates a smoother, sweeter spice profile than traditional cinnamon-heavy pies, while the fenugreek quietly enhances the natural sweetness of the apples, producing a pie that tastes both familiar and special.

🥓🍎 Award-Winning Apple Bacon Beer Bread

Sweet apples, smoky bacon, and malty beer may sound unexpected, but together they create a bakery-style quick bread that routinely earns rave reviews at harvest festivals and autumn baking contests.

Ingredients

• 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp Ham Towne Spicery Apple Pie Spice
• ¼ cup (50g) brown sugar
• 2 medium apples, diced (about 300g)
• 8 strips bacon, cooked crisp and chopped
• 12 oz (355ml) amber ale or lager
• 4 Tbsp (56g) melted butter

Directions

🥣 Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

🍎 In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, and Apple Pie Spice.

🥓 Fold in diced apples and chopped bacon.

🍺 Pour in beer and stir until a thick batter forms. Do not overmix.

🍞 Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan. Pour melted butter over the top.

🔥 Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

⏲️ Cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

Flavor Notes

The malt from the beer amplifies the maple-like notes naturally found in the fenugreek, while the bacon provides a savory contrast to the bright apple and citrus notes from the lemon peel. The result is a rustic loaf that's equally at home beside a bowl of soup, on a holiday buffet, or toasted with butter for breakfast.

⭐ Chef's Pairing Suggestion: Serve warm with whipped maple butter or a sharp aged cheddar to highlight both the sweet and savory dimensions of the bread.

Creative Ways to Use Apple Pie Spice..

Our Apple Pie Spice was created for much more than apple pie. The smooth, delicate sweetness of True Ceylon Cinnamon, combined with warm ginger, cloves, nutmeg, bright lemon peel, and the subtle maple-like richness of fenugreek, makes this blend an exceptional addition to pastries, breads, breakfast treats, fruit dishes, and bakery specialties. Use the following guidelines to consistently achieve balanced flavor without overpowering your recipes.

🥐 Cinnamon Buns & Sweet Rolls

Apple Pie Spice creates bakery-style cinnamon rolls with a more complex and refined flavor than cinnamon alone.

For a standard batch using 4 cups (500g) flour:

• Add 1½ teaspoons Apple Pie Spice directly to the dough.
• Mix 1 tablespoon Apple Pie Spice into the brown sugar filling.

🥯 The lemon peel brightens the filling while the fenugreek amplifies the caramel notes of brown sugar.

🍞 Quick Breads & Tea Breads

Perfect for apple bread, banana bread, pear bread, pumpkin bread, zucchini bread, and date-nut bread.

For one standard loaf:

• Use 1½ to 2 teaspoons Apple Pie Spice per loaf.

🍎 Particularly delicious in apple, pear, and cranberry breads where the citrus notes enhance fruit flavors naturally.

🥧 Danish Pastries & Turnovers

Blend directly into fruit fillings before assembling pastries.

Per 4 cups fruit filling:

• Use 1½ teaspoons Apple Pie Spice.
• Mix thoroughly with sugar before adding to fruit.

🍐 Excellent with apple, pear, peach, apricot, and mixed berry fillings.

🧁 Muffins & Scones

Because muffins and scones contain less moisture than cakes, slightly more spice can be used.

For 12 muffins or 8 large scones:

• Use 2 teaspoons Apple Pie Spice.

☕ Especially complementary with apple walnut, cranberry orange, pear pecan, and oatmeal muffin recipes.

🍪 Cookies & Biscotti

The delicate character of True Ceylon Cinnamon shines beautifully in cookies.

Per batch containing 2½ to 3 cups flour:

• Use 1 to 1½ teaspoons Apple Pie Spice.

🍪 Wonderful in oatmeal cookies, shortbread, snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, and holiday biscotti.

🍰 Coffee Cakes & Crumb Cakes

Mix directly into both batter and streusel topping.

For a 9-inch coffee cake:

• 1 teaspoon in batter
• 1 teaspoon in streusel topping

☕ Creates beautiful layers of spice aroma throughout the cake.

🍐 Fruit Crisps, Cobblers & Crumbles

This blend was practically made for baked fruit desserts.

Per 6 cups fruit:

• Use 2 teaspoons Apple Pie Spice.

🍑 Works wonderfully with apples, pears, peaches, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, and mixed fruit combinations.

🍎 Baked Fruit Dishes

Simply toss fruit with sugar and spice before baking.

Per 4 cups sliced fruit:

• 1 to 1½ teaspoons Apple Pie Spice

🔥 Excellent for baked apples, stuffed apples, roasted pears, peaches, figs, and plums.

🥣 Oatmeal, Granola & Breakfast Cereals

For warm breakfasts, stir directly into dry ingredients.

Per 4 cups oats or granola mixture:

• Use 1 tablespoon Apple Pie Spice.

🥄 The fenugreek contributes a subtle maple-like depth that works beautifully with toasted oats and nuts.

⭐ Baker's Practical Tip

For most baking applications, think of Apple Pie Spice as a complete flavor system rather than simply a cinnamon substitute. Start with 1 teaspoon per 2 cups of flour or 1 teaspoon per 3 cups of fruit, then adjust upward for richer spice expression. Because our blend features premium True Ceylon Cinnamon, the flavors remain smooth, sweet, and aromatic even when used at slightly higher levels, allowing bakers to create signature recipes without the harsh woody finish often associated with ordinary cinnamon blends.

   While Apple Pie Spice is best known for desserts, many professional chefs use warm baking spices to add depth and complexity to savory dishes. The combination of True Ceylon Cinnamon, fenugreek, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and lemon peel creates a flavor profile that pairs naturally with pork, poultry, root vegetables, squash, sweet potatoes, and slow-cooked dishes.

The key is moderation. In savory cooking, Apple Pie Spice should enhance rather than dominate.

🐖 Apple Spice Roast Pork

Pork and warm spices have been paired together for centuries. The smooth sweetness of True Ceylon Cinnamon and the subtle maple-like notes of fenugreek create a natural partner for pork loin, pork chops, and pork tenderloin.

Per 1 lb pork:

• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder

🔥 Rub onto pork 30 minutes before roasting or grilling.

Perfect with apple chutney, roasted apples, or sweet potatoes.

🍗 Orchard Chicken Rub

The lemon peel and herbs commonly used with poultry make this a surprisingly effective seasoning addition for chicken.

Per 1 lb chicken:

• 1 Tbsp Everyday Chicken Seasoning
• ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice

🌿 Excellent for roasted whole chickens, chicken thighs, or baked wings.

The spice blend contributes warmth without making the dish taste sweet.

🥕 Glazed Root Vegetables

This may be one of the easiest ways to introduce Apple Pie Spice into savory cooking.

Per 2 lbs vegetables:

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper

🥕 Toss with carrots, parsnips, turnips, sweet potatoes, or butternut squash.

Roast at 400°F (205°C) for 30-40 minutes.

🥓 Apple Pie Spice Bacon Jam

The fenugreek and cinnamon work beautifully with bacon.

Per 1 lb bacon:

• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• ½ cup diced onions

🥓 Simmer into a rich bacon jam that pairs wonderfully with burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, pork chops, and charcuterie boards.

🍲 Fall Harvest Chili

A small amount of warm spice can dramatically elevate chili.

For a 6-quart pot:

• 1 to 1½ tsp Apple Pie Spice

🌶️ Add during the sauté stage with onions and garlic.

The spices don't make the chili sweet; instead they deepen the flavor much like mole sauces and competition barbecue recipes.

🧀 Apple Pie Spice Mac & Cheese

For upscale comfort food, try adding a touch of the blend to creamy cheese sauces.

Per 4 cups cheese sauce:

• ¼ to ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice

🧀 Particularly effective with aged cheddar, Gruyère, smoked gouda, or fontina.

🍞 Harvest Stuffing & Dressing

The sage-like warmth of autumn spices pairs beautifully with stuffing.

Per 8 cups bread cubes:

• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 tsp poultry seasoning

🌾 Wonderful with apples, sausage, pecans, and dried cranberries.

🍺 Beer Braised Pork or Short Ribs

Warm spices love long cooking times.

Per 3 lbs meat:

• 1½ tsp Apple Pie Spice added to the braising liquid

🍖 The cinnamon, clove, and ginger slowly infuse the sauce, creating a rich restaurant-quality finish.

⭐ Chef's Practical Insight

Think of Apple Pie Spice as a warm aromatic seasoning blend, not merely a dessert spice. Start with ¼ to ½ teaspoon per pound of savory ingredients and build gradually. The True Ceylon Cinnamon provides elegant sweetness without a harsh woody finish, while the fenugreek contributes subtle maple-like depth that naturally complements roasted meats, root vegetables, and slow-cooked comfort foods. Used thoughtfully, this blend can become a secret weapon for creating signature autumn and holiday-inspired savory dishes.

 

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Simple Everyday Ways to Add Bakery-Style Flavor

One of the best things about our Apple Pie Spice is that you don't need to bake an entire pie to enjoy it. A small sprinkle can transform everyday foods into something that tastes like it came from a country bakery. Since our blend contains no sugar, you control the sweetness to perfectly match your taste and dietary preferences.

🧇 Waffles & Pancakes

Give ordinary pancakes and waffles a warm bakery aroma.

For a standard batch (about 2 cups batter):

• 1 to 1½ tsp Apple Pie Spice
• Optional: 1 Tbsp sugar or sweetener equivalent

🥞 For extra flavor, mix:

• 2 Tbsp sugar + 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice

and sprinkle over buttered waffles just before serving.

Wonderful with maple syrup, honey, apple butter, or fresh fruit.

🍞 Buttered Toast Sprinkle

This may be the easiest food hack in the collection.

Mix together:

• 2 Tbsp sugar, monk fruit sweetener, or allulose
• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice

Spread warm toast with butter and lightly sprinkle the mixture over the top.

☕ Tastes like cinnamon toast from childhood, but with the added richness of ginger, nutmeg, lemon peel, and True Ceylon Cinnamon.

🥣 Oatmeal & Hot Cereals

Transform plain oatmeal into a comforting breakfast.

Per bowl:

• ¼ to ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 to 2 tsp brown sugar, maple sugar, monk fruit, or preferred sweetener

🍎 Add diced apples, raisins, pecans, walnuts, or dried cranberries for an even more satisfying bowl.

Also excellent in:

• Cream of Wheat
• Grits with apples
• Quinoa breakfast bowls
• Steel-cut oats

☕ Coffee Shop Coffee Hack

Create a coffeehouse-style flavored coffee at home.

Per 12 oz cup coffee:

• ⅛ to ¼ tsp Apple Pie Spice
• Sweeten to taste

Mix directly into hot coffee or stir into cream before adding.

For sweetened coffee:

• 1 to 2 tsp sugar
• or equivalent monk fruit, stevia blend, erythritol, allulose, or favorite sweetener

The True Ceylon Cinnamon and fenugreek create subtle notes reminiscent of cinnamon pastries and maple bakery treats.

🥤 Smoothies & Protein Shakes

Apple Pie Spice blends beautifully into smoothies.

Per smoothie:

• ¼ to ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice

Especially good with:

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Oats
• Vanilla protein powders
• Greek yogurt

🍎 For an "Apple Pie Smoothie," blend:

• 1 apple
• ½ banana
• 1 cup milk or milk alternative
• ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice
• Sweetener to taste

🍨 Yogurt & Cottage Cheese Boost

Turn a simple breakfast into a dessert-inspired treat.

Per cup yogurt or cottage cheese:

• ¼ tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 to 2 tsp honey, maple syrup, sugar, or sugar substitute

Top with diced apples, pecans, granola, or dried fruit.

🍿 Sweet Popcorn Dust

Mix:

• 1 Tbsp sugar or sweetener
• ½ tsp Apple Pie Spice

🍿 Sprinkle over warm popcorn tossed with a small amount of melted butter.

A surprisingly addictive movie-night snack.

🍎 Fresh Fruit Upgrade

Instead of reaching for caramel dip, try this simple fruit seasoning.

Mix:

• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• 1 Tbsp sugar or sweetener

Sprinkle lightly over:

• Apple slices
• Pear slices
• Peaches
• Strawberries
• Bananas

⭐ Kitchen Secret

Keep a small shaker filled with:

• 4 Tbsp Apple Pie Spice
• 4 Tbsp sugar, monk fruit, allulose, or your preferred sweetener

This instant "bakery sprinkle" can be used on toast, oatmeal, waffles, coffee foam, fruit, yogurt, pastries, muffins, and even buttered biscuits. It's one of the quickest ways to bring the comforting aroma of homemade baking into your everyday meals.