Soft savoury pumpkin scones perfect warm with a little butter or just as is for a tasty snack.
Course Breakfast, lunch, Snack
Cuisine Australian, english
Keyword pumpkin soup, savoury, scones
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8scones
Ingredients
3/4cupPumpkin Puree
2cupSR Flour
1tspBaking Powder
1tspCumin
55gButtercubed and chilled
3/4CupChedder CheeseGrated
1TbspChives
1/4cupMilk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Sift the flour, salt and cumin into a bowl. Then rub the chilled butter into the flour to create a fine crumb. Mix in the cheese and chives. Then add in the warm milk and pumpkin puree to bring the mixture together to form a smooth dough. Dust with flour. Form a round disc (about 8inch wide) and cut into 8 wedges, alternatively use a scone cutter!
Bake in the oven for 15-17min until they have risen and are golden.
Notes
To make your own pumpkin puree steam or roast some pumpkin and blend for 1min until smooth.
you can you gluten free flour for these scones as well!