Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe!
I saw this posted on Apartment Therapy a few weeks ago and knew that I HAD to try it! I love pumpkin spice latte’s from Starbucks, but at $5.00 a cup! Really?
This homemade version only cost me $4.00 to purchase some ingredients (whipping cream, canned pumpkin and pumpkin spice) and the rest of the needed ingredients I already had on hand. So, for $4.00 I will be able to enjoy MANY cups of this desired drink (all year round)! And it only takes about 5 minutes to make! 
Here is the recipe that I used, it makes two cups:
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup of strong brewed coffee
In a saucepan combine milk, pumpkin and sugar. Cook on medium heat, stirring, until steaming. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and pumpkin spice.
Next, whisk the mixture very well until foamy.
Transfer mixture into mug, filling only half the cup, and top the rest with coffee. Top with whipping cream and pumpkin spice or cinnamon.
Mmm… It’s oh so good, and tastes just like the Starbucks version.
The thing I was concerned about, and actually thought was a typo, was the amount of vanilla extract it called for – but I just went with it, and it’s the perfect amount! Also, the first time I made it I tried it with just a 1/2 cup of coffee, but found it too sweet. That’s why I adjusted the recipe to include more coffee, if you prefer it sweeter, you may want to make it with less coffee.
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Original recipe from Apartment Therapy found here.
Definitely swing by Starbucks and order a coffee based, pumpkin spice latte! You have got to try it, at least!
Cate on October 6th, 2009
Yum! One question: what are you doing with the rest of the can of pumpkin? Baking with it? Freezing it? I think I’d feel silly opening a can of pumpkin for 2 tbsp!