Pumpkin Fruit Scones Recipes

PUMPKIN SPICE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and ginger in a large bowl. Mix butter into the flour mixture with your hands until it resembles coarse bread crumbs.
• Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, cream, and egg in a medium bowl with a whisk. Fold into flour mixture with a large spoon until the dry bits at the bottom of the bowl have been incorporated.
• Pat the mixture into a ball with your hands and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Continue to shape into a ball; gently press down and out, forming the dough into a flattened circle, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. If the edges start to crack, just place the palm of your hand against the edge and gently press the dough back in.
• Dust a large, sharp knife with flour and cut the dough into 6 triangles. Slide the knife under each to help you lift and transfer them to the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until scones begin to turn light brown in color, 12 to 16 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool.
• While scones are cooling, mix confectioners' sugar, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cloves for glaze together in a small bowl. Drizzle over scones while they are still warm.

PUMPKIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Stir in grated butter. In another bowl, whisk together cream, egg, and pumpkin; stir into flour mixture just until a dough forms but is still crumbly. Pat into a 6-inch round on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with cream. Cut into 8 wedges, then pull them 2 inches apart.
• Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely.
• Stir together remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter, pinch of salt, confectioners' sugar, and 2 tablespoons maple syrup until smooth. If glaze is too thick, add up to 1 tablespoon more maple syrup, 1 teaspoon at a time. Dip tops of scones in glaze; transfer to same sheet and allow glaze to set 30 minutes before serving.

PUMPKIN FRUIT SCONES

Steps:

• Boil or steam 1 cup pumpkin and mash it.
• Set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Lightly flour a heavy baking sheet and set aside.
• Place flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt in a food processor and whiz to mix thoroughly.
• Add the butter& process until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
• (Mixing can also be done by hand by rubbing in butter with flour).
• Transfer mix to large bowl.
• Add the cherries, or fruit of choice and toss to mix.
• Make well in the center.
• Whisk together pumpkin& buttermilk and pour into the well.
• Stir mix very lightly with a fork until thoroughly moistened.
• Turn out onto floured surface, knead a few times to just combine.
• Pat into a 3cm think round, dip a scone cutter or small glass into flour and cut out scones.
• Place fairly close together on baking sheet, brush with milk for a dull glaze or egg yolk mix for shine.
• Bake for 12-20 minutes (allows for different oven temperaments).
• Remove from oven.
• wrap in a tea towel for five minutes.
• Serve hot with butter, or go the full hog and use your favourite jam topped with a dollop of cream.

MOIST PUMPKIN SCONES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin and 1/2 cup milk. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10 times. Divide dough in half. Pat each portion into an 8-in. circle; cut each into 8 wedges. Separate wedges and place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Brush with remaining milk. , Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks; cool for 10 minutes. Combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over scones. Serve warm.

PUMPKIN SPICE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the flour in a bowl and coarsely grate in the butter (dipping the butter into the flour can make it easier to grate; do this as often as you need). Use a butter knife to stir the butter into the flour, then mix in the sugar and spice.
• Add the pumpkin and 80ml milk to the flour mixture and quickly stir everything together. Add more milk if you need to.
• Tip the mixture onto a floured surface and lightly bring together with your hands a couple of times. Roll out until 4cm thick and stamp out rounds with a 7cm cutter. Re-shape the trimmings until all the dough has been used. Place the rounds on a lightly floured baking sheet and brush the tops with any remaining milk. Bake for 10-12 mins until risen and lightly browned.

YUMMY PUMPKIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Beat sugar, butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Stir flour, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and salt into creamed butter mixture until well mixed, kneading lightly. Cut dough into 1-inch squares and arrange on the baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until scones are risen, about 15 minutes.