These beautiful delicate pumpkin scones are full of cinnamon chips, candied ginger, and pecans. The spiced pumpkin glaze pushes this baked delicacy over the edge of deliciousness.
30 minutes resting time in the freezer 30 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Course baked goods
Cuisine American
Servings 8pieces
Calories 541kcal
Ingredients
2-¾cupsAll-purpose Flour
1/3cup Sugar
1TablespoonBaking Powder
1teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonCinnamon
½teaspoonsNutmeg
¼teaspoonsGround Ginger
¼teaspoonsAllspice
10TablespoonsCold ButterCut Into Cubes
1cupCanned Pumpkin
1whole Egg
¾cupsButtermilk
½cupsChopped Pecans
½cupsChopped Candied Ginger
½cupsCinnamon Chips
spiced pumpkin glaze
1/2cuppowdered sugar
1/4tsppumpkin spice seasoning
1tbsppumpkin puree
1tbspheavy whipping cream or milk
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice.
Add cubes of cold butter in to dry ingredients, cut in with a pastry cutter. Cut until mixture is mostly combined and crumbly. It’s OK to have some visible chunks of butter.
In a small mixing bowl combine wet ingredients: pumpkin, egg, and buttermilk. Whisk to combine.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour wet mixture into the well. With a large spatula stir together until everything holds together. Be careful not to over mix.
Now fold in toasted pecans, candied ginger, and cinnamon chips.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, lightly dusted with flour. Split dough in two. Shape and pat each section of dough in to a 6-8 inch circle, each circle should be about 3/4 inch thick.
Place the pans in freezer for 30 minutes uncovered. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Remove from freezer using a sharp knife cut each circle into 6 pieces, like a pie. Carefully pull the wedges away from the center to separate them just a little bit.
Place in oven for 20-25 minutes. They should be golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center of scone should come out clean, no wet crumbs. Edges of scone should look baked through not doughy at all. (internal temperature between 195-205℉)
Pumpkin Spice Glaze
Combine powdered sugar, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice in a medium sized bowl whisk and add a splash or two of heavy whipping cream until glaze is the right consistency. About 1 tablespoon of cream, but maybe more or less.
Place scones on a cooling rack over a sheet of parchment paper or on top of baking sheet. Allow scones to cool for at least 30 minutes then drizzle with pumpkin spice glacze.