Iced Pumpkin Scones

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Description

These scones are moist and sweet. They have a great pumpkin pie taste!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into 1-inch squares
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 tablespoons half-and-half
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch ground ginger
  • 1 pinch ground cloves

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Combine flour
  3. 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
  4. baking powder
  5. salt
  6. cinnamon
  7. nutmeg
  8. cloves
  9. and ginger in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix using the paddle attachment. Add butter to the bowl and toss using a spatula to ensure butter is coated in flour mixture. Mix until mixture resembles cornmeal with butter pieces no bigger than a pea
  10. about 2 minutes.
  11. Whisk pumpkin
  12. egg
  13. and half-and-half together in a bowl until blended. Fold pumpkin mixture into flour mixture until dough can be formed into a ball.
  14. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface press with your hands into a long rectangle
  15. 3/4- to 1-inch thick. Use a pizza cutter to cut dough into 4 rectangles. Cut each rectangle into 2 triangles. Place dough triangles onto the prepared baking sheet.
  16. Bake in the preheated oven until scones begin to brown around the edges and on top
  17. about 15 minutes.
  18. Transfer scones to a wire rack to cool completely
  19. about 20 minutes.
  20. Mix powdered sugar and milk together in a small bowl
  21. using more sugar or more milk to reach the desired consistency. Use a brush to spread glaze on the cooled scones. Allow to harden
  22. about 10 minutes.
  23. Meanwhile
  24. mix powdered sugar
  25. milk
  26. cinnamon
  27. nutmeg
  28. ginger
  29. and cloves together in a small bowl. Drizzle spiced glaze over the first glaze and allow to harden completely
  30. about 10 minutes more.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 8

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