Here’s an even better Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe!  Better?  Yes, because it just tastes soooo good.  Sarah decided she needed some pumpkin spice latte this morning to celebrate her engagement.  So I started making it but realized I had no vanilla. 

2 cups milk or half and half
1 cup very strong coffee (4 tablespoons coffee grounds to 1 cup of hot water)
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 teaspoons sugar or 2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (plus some extra for dusting)
1/2 cup of pure pumpkin
Whipped Cream for topping

Get everything ready to combine so that the coffee will be good and hot when you put it all together.

Place milk, pumpkin, spice and vanilla in a blender and blend for about 30 seconds to break up the pumpkin fibers and get the spices all through the mixture. You can do this without the blender but, you’ll be picking pumpkin out of your teeth all day.

Make the coffee and while its good and hot, add the sugar or maple syrup and stir.

Combine the coffee mixture with the pumpkin mixture.  Pour into big mugs. Put a big dollop of sweetened or plain whipped cream on top and then dust with some extra pumpkin pie spice.

You don’t even need whipped cream, its foamy and delicious!  But a dab of whipped cream and sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice never hurt.  Happy engagement, Sarah Kat.