Sweet Pumpkin Scones
A crowd-pleasing vegetarian built around cooked pumpkin puree, corn syrup and cream of tartar — roughly 65 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (3)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 200 C (400 F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until evenly combined.
- Rub the cold cubed butter into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
- In a separate bowl beat the egg with the pumpkin puree and corn syrup, then pour it into the dry mixture and stir gently with a fork just until a soft, slightly sticky dough comes together, taking care not to overwork it.
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, pat it into a round disc about 2 cm thick, and cut it into 8 wedges with a sharp knife.
- Arrange the wedges on the prepared sheet a few centimetres apart and brush the tops lightly with a little beaten egg or milk if you like a glossy finish.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean, then cool on a wire rack before serving.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Sweet Pumpkin Scones take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Sweet Pumpkin Scones vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Sweet Pumpkin Scones is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Pumpkin Scones.jpg by Finbar.concaig, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.