In the States, many recipes, especially towards Thanksgiving, use a spice mix they call "Pumpkin spice mix". It is used in pumpkin pie (obviously), but also to season cakes and cookies. Just by the way, the Germans have a similar mix that is used during Christmas times.
Where I live, you can't find it and anyway, most store bought spice mixes are, for some (for me) mysterious reason, bland.
This spice mix takes literally 1 minute to put together and makes 8 teaspoons – enough for a few batches of cakes and cookies.
4 tsp of cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground allspice (in Hebrew it is called "English Pepper")
1 tsp nutmeg
Mix all together in a small bowl. Store in an airtight container (e.g. an old jam glass or something alike)
