Pumpkin Spice Latte

I've been experimenting with making homemade pumpkin spice lattes and I think I finally found the combination. Instead of sugar, I used sweetened condensed milk...AND sugar. LOL There is nothing "healthy" about this recipe but the same can be said for Starbuck's pumpkin spice lattes but we all love them, right? I made more of these last weekend when Lauren and Nick + family came over for dinner. It was a damp, wet day, perfect for a pumpkin spice latte and my family loves them. I immediately started serving them as everyone arrived. We practiced using our new covid precautions while having people over but it's still going to take some practice, I'm not going to lie. The good thing is that I believe we had excellent ventilation with all the doors open.

We were lucky that it wasn't that cold last weekend and the temperature was in the 60's so we didn't have to wear our coats inside the house. If they are recommending to have your visitors in the garage, I'd say this is pretty similar.

I think next time I'll try to spread people out when eating since we can't eat with our masks on but to be perfectly honest, I'm starting to just hope that if anybody in my family is a "silent carrier", then we'll just get a small viral load of the virus because it's impossible to keep the required distance. It just ain't going to happen!

Anyway, enough of the depressing covid talk. Go make yourself a yummy pumpkin spice latte and we can drown all our worries with this favorite fall drink.

This recipe will make 10 pumpkin spice lattes but the jar will only hold enough for 8, so you'll have to make a couple of lattes immediately. Enjoy!

Makes 10 lattes, 4 Tbsp. per latte

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2/3 cup pumpkin puree
14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp. salt

1. Combine sugar and water in a small sauce pan on stove over medium heat.

2. Once the sugar has dissolved and the simple syrup reaches a boil, turn heat to low.

3. Add pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice and salt.

4. Stir all ingredients together for 1-2 minutes over low heat.

5. Remove from heat and let cool. Store in a jar in the refrigerator.

To make a latte:

1. Brew strong/rich blend cup of coffee.
2. Add 4 Tbsp. of warmed-up pumpkin spice latte recipe.
3. Add steamed milk on top or whipped cream or both.
4. Sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice.

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