Double Glazed Pumpkin Scones

Yay! My first time participating with Secret Recipe Club.  What a fun concept this is!  Everyone that participates is assigned another blogger and then chooses a recipe from that blog to recreate.  I was given a fun blog called Loving Life which is written by Kristen.  She writes a great blog and has some yummy recipes on it.  When I saw these fabulous Pumpkin scones, I knew just what recipe I'd choose.  They're a knock-off of the Starbucks pumpkin scones.  I haven't had the ones from Starbucks so I can't attest to their authenticity but I can tell ya these are really yummy!  Deliciously flavored with pumpkin and spice and moister than a lot of scones.  I hate dry scones, I mean whats the point?!  Well,  With these lil beauties you wont have to worry about dryness!  My favorite part of these scones is the double glaze.  Yippee!  First the whole scone is brushed and covered with a plain glaze.  Then they're drizzled with a spice glaze.  Well Hello double YUM!!! 

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Double Glazed Pumpkin Scones: from Loving Life and originally Food.com

Scones

• 2 cups flour
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 6 tablespoons cold butter
• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
• 3 tablespoons half and half
• 1 large egg

Powderered Sugar Glazze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons whole milk

Spiced Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves

Directions

1. TO MAKE THE SCONES:.

2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.

3. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large bowl. Using a pastry knife, fork, or food processor, cut butter into the dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly and no chunks of butter are obvious. Set aside.

4. In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, half and half, and egg. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Form the dough into a ball.

5. Pat out dough onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a 1-inch thick rectangle (about 9 inches long and 3 inches wide). Use a large knife or a pizza cutter to slice the dough twice through the width, making three equal portions. Cut those three slices diagonally so that you have 6 triangular slices of dough. Place on prepared baking sheet.

6. Bake for 14–16 minutes. Scones should begin to turn light brown. Place on wire rack to cool.

7. TO MAKE THE PLAIN GLAZE:.

8. Mix the powdered sugar and 2 tbsp milk together until smooth.

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

10. AS THAT WHITE GLAZE FIRMS UP, MAKE THE SPICED ICING:.

11. Combine the ingredient for the spiced icing together. Drizzle this thicker icing over each scone and allow the icing to dry before serving (at least 1 hour). A squirt bottle works great for this, or you can drizzle with a whisk.