Pumpkin Spice Latte {Starbucks Copycat}
The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is a popular fall coffee drink made with espresso, steamed milk, and pumpkin spice sauce. This copycat version is easy to make at home and tastes just like the one from the coffee shop!
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Makes: 1 drink
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Ingredients
- 2 shots (2 oz) espresso or strongly brewed coffee
- 3 tablespoon pumpkin spice sauce store-bought or homemade with recipe below
- 1 ¼ cup 2% milk (or dairy/non-dairy alternative of your choice)
- Whipped cream for topping
- Pumpkin pie spice for topping
Pumpkin Spice Sauce
- 1 14-oz can fat-free sweetened condensed milk (use regular if you can't find fat-free)
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Brew espresso (or coffee) into a heat-proof glass. Stir in pumpkin pie sauce.
- Steam and froth milk. You can either steam 1 cup of milk on the stovetop/in the microwave and froth ¼ cup milk in an electric frother or with a handheld frother/whisk OR steam and froth all the milk together in a mason jar or heat-proof container (see notes for how-to).
- Pour steamed milk into espresso and top off with frothed milk.
- Add whipped cream and top with pumpkin pie spice.
Pumpkin Pie Sauce
- Put condensed milk in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, along with pumpkin puree, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- Stir together and heat for about 5 minutes, until it's just starting to bubble.
- Remove it from the heat and stir in vanilla extract.
- Pour the pumpkin spice sauce into a heat-proof jar or bowl and place in the fridge to cool.
Notes
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For steaming and frothing milk together in mason jar:-Put all 1 ¼ cup milk in a large mason jar or heat-proof container (it should only be half full), put the lid on, and shake the jar as hard as you can for about 30 seconds, until frothy.-Remove lid and place the jar in the microwave for 45 seconds.-Pour the steamed milk right into your espresso and spoon the froth on top.
- Homemade pumpkin spice sauce should keep fresh for about a week when stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
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