Monday, September 28, 2009

Pumpkin Scones

I made these without the spiced glaze but I'm sure they would be good with that too--I was just lazy. Yummy yummy Fall treat! We ate them for breakfast today.

Ingredients
Scones
2 cups all-purpose flour
7 tablespoons
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
Powderered Sugar Glazze
1 cup
powdered sugar
1 tablespoon
powdered sugar
2 tablespoons whole milk
Spiced Glaze
1 cup
powdered sugar
3 tablespoons
powdered sugar
2 tablespoons whole milk
1/4 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
1 pinch
ginger
1 pinch
ground cloves
Directions
1TO MAKE THE SCONES:.
2Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
3Combine 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.
4In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, half and half, and egg. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Form the dough into a ball.
5Pat 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.
6Bake for 14–16 minutes. Scones should begin to turn light brown. Place on wire rack to cool.
7TO MAKE THE PLAIN GLAZE:.
8Mix the powdered sugar and 2 tbsp milk together until smooth.
9When scones are cool, use a brush to paint plain glaze over the top of each scone.
10AS THAT WHITE GLAZE FIRMS UP, MAKE THE SPICED ICING:.
11Combine the ingredient for the spiced icing together. Drizzle this thicker icing over each scone and allow the icing to dry before serving (at least 1 hour). A squirt bottle works great for this, or you can drizzle with a whisk.

2 comments:

Tricia said...

Looks Yummy! I LOVE pumpkin and spices so I will definitely be trying this!! Love you!

leah said...

Ohhh....WOW those look divine!!