Gingerbread Spice Mix
Gingerbread spice mix is a fragrant blend of ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, ideal for seasonal baking. The TM7 grinds and blends the spices to a fine, uniform powder in seconds, delivering far fresher aroma than shop-bought mixes. Perfect for cookies, cakes, speculoos and hot drinks.
About this recipe
Gingerbread Spice Mix made in the Thermomix TM7 is the aromatic backbone of every seasonal bake, combining ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into one perfectly balanced blend. Anyone searching for gingerbread spice recipes or a homemade spice mix for their all-in-one kitchen machine will love how the TM7 turns whole and ground spices into a super-fine, feathery powder in seconds. Commercial mixes sit on shelves for months and lose their punch, but grinding your own means the volatile oils in the cloves and nutmeg stay vivid, giving speculoos, gingerbread cookies and Christmas cakes a noticeably deeper warmth. This blend is a pantry essential for winter: stir it into biscuit dough, mulled drinks, pancake batter or even coffee. Because the mixing bowl blends the four spices so evenly, every spoonful tastes identical, with no clumps of bitter clove or dull cinnamon pockets. Make a double batch in December and gift it in small jars for a personal, festive touch.
Preparation tips
- For the freshest result, start with whole nutmeg and whole cloves instead of pre-ground: the TM7 grinding function releases far more aroma, and you can sieve out any coarse bits before combining with the ginger and cinnamon.
- Store the gingerbread spice mix in a small airtight jar away from light and heat; it keeps its full aroma for about three months, so label the jar with the date you blended it.
- Adjust the blend to your taste: add a pinch of cardamom or a little ground star anise for a rounder, more festive character, or reduce the cloves if children find the mix too sharp in gingerbread cookies.
Recipe variations
- Speculoos variation: increase the cinnamon proportion and add ground coriander and a touch of white pepper to the ginger, nutmeg and cloves for an authentic Belgian speculoos flavour perfect for crunchy biscuits.
- Festive gift variation: blend the gingerbread spice mix with a little caster sugar in the TM7, then portion it into small labelled jars with a gingerbread recipe card attached, ideal as a homemade Christmas present.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Precise grinding turns whole nutmeg into a super-fine powder, releasing fresher aroma than any shop-bought gingerbread spice mix. [Precision Control]
- The TM7 blends ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves evenly in seconds, so every spoonful of the spice mix tastes identical. [Multi-Function]
- Built-in scale convenience: weigh each spice directly into the mixing bowl, keeping the ginger-to-clove ratio of your gingerbread blend consistent. [Built-in Scale]
- Time saving: your TM7 produces a fresh batch of Christmas spice mix far faster than pounding spices by hand with a mortar. [Time Savings]
- Easy cleaning: after blending the spices, a quick rinse of the mixing bowl leaves no lingering clove scent on your next recipe. [Easy Cleanup]
Ingredients
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground cloves
- ground ginger