Spiced Pumpkin Scones
From Cosmicmother 7 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 8
To me, a scone needs to be tall, lighter than it looks and flaky. Not a thin, crispy cookie like thing I often see! A pumpkin scone is hard to get flaky as the added moisture can make them a little more cake like. Read more I developed this recipe after many trials over the past year and it's as close as I can get to a light, flaky scone while putting the most amount of pumpkin puree in it. I hope you enjoy :) See less
Ingredients
- 2-1/4 cups of Flour shopping list
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves or allspice shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger shopping list
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup cold butter or solid margarine, cubed shopping list
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree shopping list
- 1/4 cup milk, any kind shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- ==Spiced Glaze== shopping list
- 1 cup powdered sugar shopping list
- pinch each of cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 2-3 Tablespoons milk or cream shopping list
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- *All the spices in the scone dough can be subbed with 2 tsp's of pumpkin pie spice. shopping list
- *Add a 1/4 cup of dried cranberries, pecans or walnuts if you wish. Candied ginger is a nice addition as well. Add it in just before all the flour is fully incorporated. shopping list
- * A plain vanilla glaze is just as delicious :) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Add the flour, baking powder, spices, salt and sugar to a bowl and whisk together. Blend the cold butter in with a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until it resembles small pebbles. Make a well in the flour.
- Mix the pumpkin puree with milk and vanilla in the well and stir the flour in with a fork. The dough will be a little stiff, but if it seems too dry add a little more milk until the dough is just combined. (Careful to not over mix or work the dough too much) Turn it out onto a lightly floured counter bring the dough together with your hands and pat the dough into a circle ( I like the dough just over an inch thick.)
- Cut the dough into 8 triangles.(cut the circle in half both directions, and each wedge in half again to make 8 equal pieces) Space them out onto a parchment lined baking sheet, and bake in the center of the oven for approx. 15-17 minutes or until golden brown on the bottoms and slightly golden on the tops. If you're unsure about doneness, check the center with a toothpick, it should be dry. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- *If you're using dried cranberries, bake at 400F for approx.18-22 minutes (some ovens run hot, so use this method if your scones get too dark at 425F) **A high temp- quicker bake time yields a less dry scone than lower temp longer bake time**
- For the glaze: mix the powdered sugar, spices, vanilla and 2 Tablespoons of milk to start with. Add a tsp of the leftover milk at a time until your desired consistency is reached. Drizzle the glaze over the cooled scones with a fork and enjoy!
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
These look fabulous!!
mommyluvs2cook
in Santa Fe loved it
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Totally delicious Shona, and following your directions, never a dry scone in my house again :) Added more in Eastcoaster's review --> Spiced Pumpkin...more
mommyluvs2cook
in Santa Fe loved it
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Beautiful photo, Will be making this real soon.
eastcoaster
in loved it
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