Pumpkin scones….

I made these awhile ago after seeing them on Maria’s blog “Two Peas and Their Pod”….I knew that we would love them for breakfast.  I made them for breaky the Saturday before Jason left….and he wished I had made them sooner so that I could have made them again before he left!  LOL

I tweaked them a little bit…. I didn’t have any white chocolate in the house, and decided on a maple glaze instead…oh!  and I forgot to add the sugar!!  But we still loved them!  I can only imagine how much tastier they would be if I remembered the sugar and had white chocolate chips in them!

Here is the recipe….which I borrowed from Maria’s blog.

Pumpkin White Chocolate Scones

Adapted from Del’s Sisters Kitchen

Scone Dough:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup) light brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1/3 cup white chocolate chips

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon cream

Turbinado sugar for sprinkling the tops of the scones

Spice Glaze:

1c. powdered sugar

1/2t. cinnamon

1/8t. cloves

Sprinkle of nutmeg

Milk

Add as much milk until desired consistency. Drizzle or spread over scones.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place rack in middle of oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or two knives. I use my hands! The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. Stir in the white chocolate.

In a separate bowl mix together the buttermilk, pumpkin puree and vanilla and then add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture. Mix just until the dough comes together. Do not over mix the dough.

Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead dough gently four or five times and then pat the dough into a circle that is about 7 inches (18 cm) round and about 11/2 inches (3.75 cm) thick. Cut this circle in half, then cut each half into 3 pie-shaped wedges (triangles). Place the scones on the baking sheet. Brush the tops of the scones with the cream and sprinkle a little Turbinado sugar on top.

Place the baking sheet inside another baking sheet to prevent the bottoms of the scones from over browning. Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool and drizzle scones with the glaze.

Make them….love them….make them properly!  LOL

Take Care,
Tania
Love Big, Bake Often