If
you're making pumpkin scones it's easy to go into pumpkin overload and make
pumpkin scones.
Simply keep back a cup of that cooled, mashed pumpkin. Alternatively boil and mash a cup of pumpkin especially for the purpose.
Place it in a large bowl with 1 fresh, free range egg and ¼ a cup of sugar. Cream them together (just beating them together works fine too).
Add 2 tbsp of melted butter and mix.
Next add 2 cups of flour, 4 tsps of baking powder and a little salt and mix it all together. Add a dash of milk if necessary to bind it a little more and then transfer the dough to a lightly floured board. Knead very lightly (it won't take much) and roll out till it’s about 2.5 cm or 1 inch or so tall. Use a cooker cutter or glass to cut the dough into round scones.
Put scones onto a lightly floured cooking tray. Cook in a hot oven (200C or 390F) for 10 to 15 minutes, watch they don’t burn!
Let them cool off a little on a baking rack and when they're still warm and fresh they're just perfect to eat, especially with a bowl of good soup on a cold, winter's day. Simple, quick, cheap, tasty and really good.
Course there are other ways to play with pumpkins too......
Simply keep back a cup of that cooled, mashed pumpkin. Alternatively boil and mash a cup of pumpkin especially for the purpose.
Place it in a large bowl with 1 fresh, free range egg and ¼ a cup of sugar. Cream them together (just beating them together works fine too).
Add 2 tbsp of melted butter and mix.
Next add 2 cups of flour, 4 tsps of baking powder and a little salt and mix it all together. Add a dash of milk if necessary to bind it a little more and then transfer the dough to a lightly floured board. Knead very lightly (it won't take much) and roll out till it’s about 2.5 cm or 1 inch or so tall. Use a cooker cutter or glass to cut the dough into round scones.
Put scones onto a lightly floured cooking tray. Cook in a hot oven (200C or 390F) for 10 to 15 minutes, watch they don’t burn!
Let them cool off a little on a baking rack and when they're still warm and fresh they're just perfect to eat, especially with a bowl of good soup on a cold, winter's day. Simple, quick, cheap, tasty and really good.
Course there are other ways to play with pumpkins too......
