Cranberry-Studded Pumpkin Scones

By MJH

Ingredients

• Scone Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1 1 cup pastry flour
• 10 10 10 tbsp sugar
• 1 1 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 6 6 6 tbsp cold butter
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
• 3 3 3 tbsp half-and-half
• 1 1 1 egg
• Icing Sugar Glaze:
• 1 1 1 cup icing sugar, plus 1 tbsp
• 2 2 2 tbsp whole milk
• Spiced Icing:
• 1 1 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 2 2 tbsp blackstrap molasses
• 2 2 2 tbsp whole milk
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 1/8 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1 1 1 pinch ginger
• 1 1 1 pinch allspice
• Tips & Substitutions:
• to 3 not keen on fresh cranberries, or don’t have access to fresh ones, you could always substitute in an equal amount of dried cranberries or raisins, and reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe by 3 tbsp.
• Go ahead and substitute brown sugar for granulated sugar if you wish.

Details

Adapted from sweetgirlconfections.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
Scone Directions:
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (or lightly grease with a neutral flavored oil).

In a large bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger.

Cut the butter into the dry ingredients using a pastry knife, fork or food processor until the mixture is uniformly crumbly and resembles cornmeal.

Add chopped cranberries to flour mixture.

In a small bowl, whisk together pumpkin purée, half and half, and egg.

Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

Form the dough into a ball.

Pat out dough onto a lightly floured surface and shape it into a 1-inch thick rectangle, roughly 9 inches long by 3 inches wide.


Use a large, sharp knife to slice the dough into thirds through the width.

Cut those three equal rectangles diagonally so that you now have 6 triangular slices of dough.

Place on prepared baking sheet.


Bake in preheated (425 degrees F) oven for 14-16 minutes until scones turn light brown.

Place on wire rack to cool.


Icing Sugar Glaze Directions:
Keep the scones on the wire rack (with a piece of wax paper underneath to catch drippings) while decorating.

Mix the icing sugar and milk together until smooth.

When scones are cool, use a pastry brush to paint glaze over the top of each scone.

Prepare spiced icing as the white glaze hardens.



Spiced Icing Directions:
Mix the icing sugar, molasses, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice until smooth – it should be quite thick.


Decorate icing over hardened glaze using a pastry bag with a very fine tip or a squirt bottle.


Allow icing to dry at least one hour before serving.