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Better than Starbucks pumpkin scone recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 8
Author Leticia Carpenter

Ingredients

Scone

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt Omit salt if using salted-butter
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 pinch All spice OPTIONAL
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp granulated white sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter cold and diced (if using salted butter omit the 1/2 tsp of salt)
  • 1/2 cup 100% pumpkin puree chilled
  • 3 Tbsp Milk (cow, almond, etc) buttermilk is best (but I use almond).
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp Honey or maple syrup
  • 1 Tbsp half and half

White Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp half and half

Pumpkin icing

  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp pumpkin puree
  • 1 Tbsp half and half
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ginger

Instructions

scones

  1. Preheat oven 400.

  2. Dry ingredients: Mix: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, brown sugar, white granulated sugar.

  3. Add diced butter to the dry ingredient mix, and use either a food processor or your hands to mix ingredients. Combine until its the consistency of kinetic sand or moldable playdough.

  4. Create a larger well in the center of your mix (this is for later in the instructions).

  5. In a different bowl whisk your wet ingredients: the chilled pumpkin puree, milk, egg, vanilla extract, honey (or maple syrup).

  6. Pour your wet ingredients into the well of the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula or wooden spoon.

  7. Flour your counter and carefully knead and roll dough into an 8 inch circle.

  8. Cut dough into 8 slices (dust knife).

  9. Add scones to baking pan and sprinkle half and half on the tops.

  10. Bake for 15 mins (give or take) or as needed.

White Glaze

  1. Mix ingredients until it thickens, add to the tops and let set for a few minutes

Pumpkin glaze

  1. Combine all pumpkin glaze ingredients into a bowl and then use a ziplock bag to drizzle tops,