Homemade Gingerbread Latte

I don’t know about you, but I love making homemade seasonal coffee drinks. Sure, they take a little extra time. But when you take that first sip and you’re all cozy curled up on the couch at home, it’s really worth the little extra effort.

Whether you have an espresso machine or not, you can make this latte recipe at home!

Why You’ll Love This

If you like gingerbread flavors and coffee, then you will love this homemade latte.

It’s creamy, spiced, sweet and you can really make it taste like the coffee shop drink with a little extra whip.

No fancy equipment needed, you can make this on the stovetop with strongly brewed coffee from the coffee pot.

How to Make a Latte Recipe at Home

We’re skipping the flavored syrup in this coffee drink and making this gingerbread latte another way. There are a few ways you can make this gingerbread latte, depending on how you want to warm your milk.

Stovetop

In a small saucepan warm together the milk and spices until simmering, then add in the molasses, maple syrup and vanilla extract. While the milk is simmering, you can use a small whisk to get a little froth to your milk.

Or if you have a wand, you can use that too.

Then add your coffee and gingerbread milk mixture to a mug.

Milk Frother

Another way to make this latte would be to add your coffee, spices, maple syrup, molasses and vanilla extract to a small saucepan, heat until simmering so the sweeteners and spices get mixed in well.

While the coffee and spices are mixing, heat your milk separately in your milk frother.

Then combine the steamed milk and coffee mixture into a mug.

How to Get Foamy Milk Without a Frother

If you don’t have a milk frother or a way to get your milk a little foamy, you can always add the warmed gingerbread milk mixture and coffee to a blender for 20 seconds before pouring into your mug.

If you have a small whisk, you can also continuously whisk the milk mixture while it’s in the pot simmering.

Ingredient Swaps

Molasses – if you don’t like the flavor of molasses by like the spices, you could always sub honey or add more maple syrup to taste.

Milk – Most milks will work here, I would just stay away from protein based milks like pea milk. Oat, soy, cashew, or almond will all give you a similar taste. Oat and soy will have the best froth, and coconut milk will give you a richer and creamier taste.

Spices – Ginger, cinnamon and cloves will give this latte it’s gingerbread taste, but cloves can be pretty strong for some. You can play around with the amounts based on your personal preference.

Coffee – We don’t have an espresso machine so I tend to just brew coffee extra strong when making lattes at home. Also, quality coffee makes all the difference! I love Foster Coffee.