Pumpkin chocolate chip scones

May 23, 2010 at 11:54 am (Breakfast Treats, Cooking)

I had leftover pumpkin from the muffins I made earlier this week, and since I had more time to bake this morning, I decided to make pumpkin scones. I used a recipe I found on Brown Eyed Baker’s blog, though I omitted the spiced glaze and added in 1/2 cup of chocolate chip instead. I’m not a huge glaze fan and when I want something sweet, I almost always turn to chocolate. Note: I had more pumpkin than the 1/2 cup the recipe called for and I used it all, which was probably not a good idea. Though the scones taste good, they didn’t rise as well as I would have liked. I think there was too much moisture in the dough.

I would use this recipe again because it’s very simple. You don’t need to pulse the dough in a food processor, and it rolls out relatively easily.

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