so the weather has been cooling off in virginia (yay!) and i'm starting to crave things that remind me of fall. so of course, the best way i can think to celebrate is with a pumpkin-y treat... enter starbucks- my holy land. i'm so excited to get off work to go grab my first warm drink of the year- a pumpkin spice latte. as i announce my excitement to the office (of only 2 other people, mind you) i am immediately disappointed when my co-worker says "i heard those have milk in them" WHAT?! this can't be! so after a bit of research to confirm this sad, sad comment (it is true, btw for all you vegans! it's in the concentrate, so even if you get soy... :( ), i decided that i will find and tweak a recipe of my very own! it goes something like this:
Ingredients:
2 cups soy milk
2 tablespoons pumpkin butter (you can def use canned pumpkin, my grocery was out)
2 tablespoons sugar or splenda, though next time i will probably only use 1 tbsp
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (this stuff is pricey, i found out! lol)
1-2 shots espresso (i don't have an espresso machine, so i used 1/2 cup of bold flavored coffee)
(original, un-tweaked recipe can be found here)
the originial recipe calls for you to cook things all seperately, but to be honest, i threw everything in a sauce pan at once and mixed it up with a whisk and it frothed on it's own (like at the coffe shop!)
once it heated all the way through, i gave it an extra whisk and poured it into my mug and really that was it. the hardest part was finding pumpkin in the grocery store! lol. but this really takes like 5 minutes. i also stored my leftovers in the fridge over night and has an iced one this morning and it was just as amazing!
i hope you all get a chance to try this out, especially all the vegans out there looking for your fall drink fix! i promise you, you will not be disappointed. it was worth the pumpkin hunt, for sure ;)
enjoy! <3
