Up until a few weeks ago, I had never eaten a scone. I was at a ladies group at my Church, and somebody had brought pumpkin scones to munch on. I couldn't get enough! The lady who made them was kind enough to give out a copy of the recipe to everybody, so I decided that today was the day I would give it a try. I was a little intimidated because I had never made them before and I tend to dislike working with dough, but I think they turned out great!
Pumpkin Scones
Ingredients
1 cup whole wheat flour- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 6 tablespoons cold butter
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 3 tablespoons half-and-half
- 1 large egg
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large bowl. Using a pastry knife, fork, or food processor, cut butter into the dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly and no chunks of butter are obvious. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, half and half, and egg. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Form the dough into a ball.
- Pat out dough onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a 1-inch thick rectangle (about 9 inches long and 3 inches wide). Use a large knife or a pizza cutter to slice the dough twice through the width, making three equal portions. Cut those three slices diagonally so that you have 6 triangular slices of dough. Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes. Scones should begin to turn light brown. Place on wire rack to cool.
There are also two glazes to go on top of the scones. I found that the scones weren't all that sweet, so the glaze really captured my sweet tooth. Plus the glaze and drizzle make the scones look pretty!
Plain Glaze
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon half-and-half
Directions
- Whisk together until smooth.
- Using a pastry brush, brush cooled scones with glaze and let dry.
Spiced Glaze
Ingredients
- Remainder of plain glaze
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of cloves
- pinch of ginger
Directions
- Add spices to the remainder of the plain glaze and stir until smooth.
- Drizzle the spiced glaze over top of each scone.
Notes:
-I decided to use my blender to mix all the dry ingredients and cut through the butter. From there, I poured the dry ingredients into my stand mixer and let it do the work! I also used heart shaped cookie cutters instead of cutting the dough into triangles.
-I didn't have any half-and-half, so I used International Delights French Vanilla creamer in place.
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