Week 3: Pumpkin Scones with Spiced Glaze

So sorry to keep you all waiting. I forgot my camera yesterday so didn't have a chance to get the post written.

Mmmm, this week's recipe was another great experience and a hit with those who tried it! I had never made scones before so was a bit nervous about them. Honestly, I wasn't super excited about them either because I always associate scones with the words-- dry, dense, crumbly, plain. But I can assure you, these were not. If anything, they were fairly moist, just a bit heavier than a biscuit, they held together well, and had very nice spices. And the glaze added a little something special.

The recipe was pretty straight-forward and mixing it all up was easy.


Next up came the rolling out. The dough was pretty sticky and a bit hard to work with. I haven't done too much rolling out in my life, but it was definitely helpful to keep everything well-floured. I rolled it out too thin the first time -- it was supposed to be about 1" thick-- so had to start over. The second time I think I got the thickness about right. The recipe said to cut it into triangles, but as you can see in this picture, a few of them looked a bit more like boomerangs!



They baked for about 15 min. Then I let them cool on a wire rack.



As they were cooling I whipped up the first glaze. It was a simple mixture of powdered sugar and milk.



I thought this step was the most fun because I got to "paint" the glaze onto the scones with a pastry brush. See my beautiful works of art?!?



Then as the first glaze was setting up, I mixed up the spiced glaze. See the flecks of cinnamon-nutmeg-ginger-cloves spicy goodness?



Then this glaze was drizzled over the top and that was it!



I shared a scone that night with hubby and then I had one for breakfast the next morning. I thought they were definitely better after having a chance to set up over night. Considering scones are not my favorite breakfast food or snack, I really enjoyed this one! I liked the pumpkin and spices. They smelled wonderful! They had a great texture and the amount of glaze seemed just about right. I definitely have a sweet tooth, so it surprised me that I liked these so well because they were not overly sweet. I brought them to work the next day for a meeting and everyone in there gave high compliments and expect me to bring something to every meeting now! They ate all the scones, so I take that as a good sign! I consider week #3's recipe another success! Thanks for picking a great recipe, sis!



One last picture for you who read my blog--here's the Christmas apron I made! I finished it just in time to wear tonight for the Holiday Fair at church. What do you think?



To life... currently full of pumpkin!