Break It Down

• If you're out of pumpkin pie spice or cannot find it in the store, make your own. Combine 4 parts cinnamon, 2 parts ground ginger, 1 part ground allspice and 1 part nutmeg. Measure the homemade pumpkin pie spice mix in equal proportions to the amount called for in your recipe. Store it in an airtight container for up to three months.

Apple Pie Spice Is Nice

• Apple pie spice is remarkably similar to pumpkin pie spice. With different ratios of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and ginger, you create apple pie spice. Use apple pie spice in equal proportions to the amount of pumpkin pie spice in your recipe. If the allspice flavor is too powerful, slightly decrease the amount slightly.

Let It Be

• If just one of the seasonings is the problem, you can omit it and replace it with more of another spice. Replace cinnamon with equal parts nutmeg or allspice. Substitute ginger with equal parts mace, nutmeg, allspice or cinnamon. Omit the allspice and replace it with equal parts cinnamon or cassia, or use a dash of mace. Forgo the nutmeg and use equal parts mace, cinnamon or ginger instead.

Mix It Up

• Mixed spice is a spicy, sweet blend referred to as pudding spice in Europe. It is made from ground cinnamon sticks, cloves, mace, nutmeg, coriander seeds and whole allspice berries. Use it in equal proportion to pumpkin pie spice in your recipe.