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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Borrowed and adapted from a Joy of Cooking recipe. I prefer to use yams instead of pumpkin. Ingredients:
scone dough |
2 cups all purpose flour |
1/3-cup light or dark brown sugar |
1/2-teaspoon ground ginger |
1-teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/4-teaspoon allspice |
1/8-teaspoon nutmeg |
1-teaspoon baking powder |
1/4-teaspoon baking soda |
1/4-teaspoon salt |
1/2-cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces |
1/3 cup chopped white chocolate (optional) |
1/4 cup toasted and chopped pecans (optional) |
1/3-cup buttermilk |
1/2-cup fresh or canned pumpkin, squash, yam, or sweet potato |
1-teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
egg wash |
1 large egg |
1-tablespoon milk or cream |
turbinado sugar (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and place rack in middle of oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or two knives. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. Stir in the chopped white chocolate and pecans, if using. 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.
4. 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, and 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 egg wash and sprinkle a little Turbinado sugar on top, if desired.
5. 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.
6. Makes 6 scones.
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