Pumpkin Scones with Brown Butter Glaze
Awesome, moist scones made with the seasonal favorite pumpkin and topped off with a mouth-watering brown butter glaze.
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- Serves: 16 persons
Ingredients
- 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓cup brown sugar
- 2½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½teaspoon baking soda
- ½teaspoon salt
- ½teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛pinch ground cloves
- ¾cup cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 1(15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- ⅔cup plain yogurt
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾cup chopped pecans
- ½cup butter
- ¾cup confectioners' sugar
- 1½ tablespoons milk, or more as needed
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).Step 2
Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and ground cloves together in a bowl. Cut unsalted butter chunks into flour mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; make a well in the center.Step 3
Pour pumpkin puree, yogurt, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into the well in flour mixture; stir with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Mix pecans into dough.Step 4
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into two equal-size circles. Cut each circle into 8 wedges; transfer to a baking stone or baking sheet lined with parchment paper.Step 5
Bake scones in the preheated oven until firm to the touch and lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes.Step 6
Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat until butter is foaming and nut-brown in color, 3 to 5 minutes.Step 7
Beat brown butter, confectioners' sugar, milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until sugar is dissolved and glaze is shiny, 3 to 4 minutes, adding more milk as necessary. Drizzle glaze over cooled scones.