Recipe - Pumpkin-Ginger Scones

One half cup Sugar; divided
2 cup Allpurpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
5 tablespoon Butter or margarine; divided
1 Egg
One half cup Canned pumpkin
One fourth cup Sour cream
One half teaspoon Grated fresh ginger or
2 tablespoon Finely chopped crystallized
ginger

Preheat oven to 425F. Reserve 1 tablespoon sugar. Combine remaining sugar,
flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Cut in
4 tablespoons butter with pastery blender until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs. Beat egg in small bowl. Add pumpkin, sour cream and ginger; beat
until well combined. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir until
mixtur forms soft dough that leaves side of bowl. Turn out onto
wellfloured surface. knead dough 10 times. Roll dough using floured
rolling pin into 9x6 rectangle. Cut dough into 6 (3inch) squares. Cut each
square diagonally in half, making 12 triangles. Place triangles, 2 inches
apart, on ungreased baking sheet. Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Brush
triangles with butter and sprinkle with reserved sugar. Bake 10 to 12
minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks 10 minutes. Serve warm.
Makes 12 scones.
Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest V1 #221 by Nancy Pallotta
nancee@neo.lrun.com on Sep 06, 1997