Pumpkin scones with dried cranberries and toasted pecans.
This is based on a recipe from the
JoyofBaking.com Web site. Here's the recipe with my changes added in. I doubled the recipe so I'd have some leftovers. Mmm, breakfast.
Pumpkin Scones With Cranberries and Pecans
Scone Dough:
2 c unbleached flour
1/3 c light brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/3 c dried cranberries
1/4 c toasted and chopped pecans
1/3 c buttermilk
1/2 c canned pure pumpkin (with no spices added)
1 tsp vanilla
Egg Wash:
1 large egg
1 Tbs milk/cream
Turbinado sugar for sprinkling the tops of the scones (optional)
Glaze (optional):
1/3 c powdered sugar
1 Tbs milk/cream
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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 your fingers (they do work best. The mixture should be in pieces no bigger than peas. Stir in the cranberries and pecans. 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.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead gently four or five times and then pat the dough into a circle that is about 7 inches round and 1.5 inches thick. Using a cookie or biscuit cutter, cut the dough into rounds (I used a pumpkin shape, not that you can really tell. I don't like huge scones, but if you do, feel free to do the traditional wedge shapes.) Place the scones on the baking sheet. Brush the tops of the scones with the egg wash and sprinkle a little Turbinado sugar on top, if desired.
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. Once cool, drizzle with the glaze and enjoy.
Yield: about 9 three-inch pumpkin-shaped scones.
Pumpkin scones with dried cranberries and toasted pecans. 
8 comments:
I'm going to make these this week-end for Ernie. He loves scones. I mean, loves them. I haven't made them for him in a while. I'm usually dull and just make raisin scones. (cut into wedges - b/c we like big ones!)
One of the best scones I have ever had was made by my friend Jane. She made these fabulous blueberry scones once for me....*sigh* they were so good - I still can remember.
I tend to make lemon-poppy seed scones for O, but it just seemed like a pumkin-y type weekend. I tested them on my unsuspecting relatives, and they were a hit! :)
Were they fresh or dried blueberries?
Err, pumpkin that is ... I'm so not awake right now.
Fresh blueberries. And served with homemade whipped cream (it was dessert).
The next best scones I have ever had were at my friend Lianne's wedding shower. It was done as an "afternoon tea" and the scones were served with clotted cream. Yum!
I'll have to share my recipe for gingerbread scones at the holiday time. It's quite good.
yum this was exactly what I was thinking of in that thread at SP! OH, man, I really wish I wasn't dieting....I will have to make these at some point this fall. They look amazing. :)
I am so makin' these!
Yum...
Shame on me, I've never made scones. (never much ate them either, lol) But we had a client once who served us homemade scones and they were delicious. I think they were made with orange rhinds... She owned her own bakery.
I'm totally making these.
Hi C! I think these would totally up your alley, as they're not as sweet as most baked goods. Scones are super easy to make, too.
Cham and Cherie ... you should totally make these. :b
Btw, Susan I'd love your gingerbread scone recipe -- though I know you'll be just a wee bit busy in the next several months! When you get a chance, of course ... :)
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