This was my first try at making scones. It was a success! Samantha helped me and we made two batches for our ladies' fellowship at church. This will be a keeper! This is supposed to be the copy cat recipe for a famous coffee place's scones. I made a few small changes on the spices for the glaze, and am going to use just Pumpkin Spice sometime, too.
Ingredients for the Scones:
2 cups all purpose flour
7 TBSPs sugar
1 TBSP baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger
6 TBSPs cold butter
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
3 TBSPs half and half
1 large egg
Powdered Sugar Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 TBSP powdered sugar
2 TBSPs milk
Spiced Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
3 TBSPs powdered sugar
2 TBSPs milk
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
just a pinch of ground nutmeg
just a pinch of ginger
just a teeny pinch of ground cloves
Adjust the spices to your taste...that's what I did because the original recipe was too strong on the nutmeg for me. :)
Mixture of Cinnamon and Sugar
Directions:
TO MAKE SCONES:
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 think rectangle (about 9" x 3"). Use a large knife or pizza cutter and slice the dough into 3 equal pieces.Cut those 3 slices diagonally, so that you have 6 triangular slices of dough. Then, cut those in half again. Place on prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 14-16 minutes. Scones shoud begin to turn light brown. Don't over bake, though.
Place on wire rack to cool.
TO MAKE THE PLAIN & SPICE GLAZE:
Mix the powdered sugar and 2 TBSPs milk together until smooth. When the scones are cool, use a brush to paint plain glaze over the top of each scone. As that white glaze firms up, make the spice glaze.
Combine the ingredients for the spiced icing together. Drizzle this thicker icing over each scone and allow the icing to dry before serving (at least an hour). I used a fork to drizzle it and they turned out real pretty. Before the 2nd glaze dries, sprinkle an even mixture of cinnamon and sugar over the scones.
Enjoy!!
