Coffee Shop Pumpkin Scones

Description

After eating a delicious pumpkin scone from my favorite coffee shop, I went home and played around with a base recipe until I came up with what I believe to be a fabulous copy!

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3 tablespoons cold butter
  • 3 tablespoons shortening
  • ¾ cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons half-and-half
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
  2. Mix flour
  3. white sugar
  4. baking powder
  5. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  6. salt
  7. nutmeg
  8. cloves
  9. and ginger together in a large bowl; cut in butter and shortening using a pastry cutter or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly.
  10. Mix pumpkin
  11. egg
  12. and half-and-half together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture just until combined. Turn dough onto a floured work surface and shape into a 1/2-inch-thick square. Cut dough into pizza-like wedges and arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned
  14. 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer scones to a wire rack to cool.
  15. Whisk confectioners’ sugar
  16. milk
  17. 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  18. and pumpkin pie spice together in a bowl; drizzle over scones.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 8

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