Grandma's Pumpkin Scones
July 3rd 2010 07:36
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Just like
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grandma used to make
My version of grandma's pumpkin scones. A bit more practice needed.
You gotta love living in the country where fresh food is just a backyard away and when there is an abundance of a crop, just share it among your friends, family and neighbours.
So, after a week of eating pumpkin soup, mashed pumpkin and roast pumpkin, I decided to attempt pumpkin scones. (It was a HUGE pumpkin they gave us).
I don't have a great track record for scones and as any avid watcher of Masterchef will realise, they are not the simplest thing in the world to bake.
That aside, if we don't try things, how do we ever get good at it?
Following is my humble attempt.
Ingredients
60g butter
2 Tbs caster sugar
1/2C cooked, mashed pumpkin
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 egg
1/2 C milk
2 1/2 C SR flour, sifted.
Method
1. Cream butter and sugar well together, add pumpkin and nutmeg and mix well.
2. Add egg, then mix in milk gradually. Stir in sifted flour and mix to a soft dough.
3. Turn onto a floured board and knead lightly. Pat out to 2cm thickness. Cut into rounds with a floured scone cutter.
4. Place scones onto a greased baking tray very close together and glaze with milk.
5. Bake in a preheated hot oven at 210 deg celsius (410 deg F) for 15-20 minutes.
6. Slide onto a wire cooling rack to cool. Serve with butter.
Makes 12.
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