These taste just like the real deal, yet you’ll find that they’re much more tender and delicious than those you buy at the coffee shop. My husband brought one home from SBux yesterday, and it was stiff and commercial-looking. My Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Scones Recipe is so much better!
How to make Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Scones:
Butter is cut in to the dry ingredients to create a crumbly mixture. Then the crumbly mixture is added to a mix of pumpkin purée, egg and cream. The dough at this point will be sticky. You’ll sprinkle in some more flour until it’s not quite as sticky and easier to shape into a round of dough. The pumpkin scones dough is then formed into a flattened rectangle on a floured, parchment-lined baking sheet.
Then you’ll cut the rectangle in half lengthwise and cut each half into 5 triangles. It’s easiest to use a knife that has been sprayed with nonstick spray for this. You’ll end up with 10 triangles. Oh, so carefully pull the triangles apart so that there is a little bit of space between them. When the scones bake, they’ll puff up and crash into each other.
Then you’ll grab your knife and gently cut the baked scones and pull them apart again.
Spiced icing is added next. It’s a mix of powdered sugar, cream and pumpkin spices. You’ll spoon the icing into a zip baggie and snip the corner. Then you’ll squeeze the baggie and drizzle the icing over each scone and give the icing a chance to set.
And there they are- ready to eat with your coffee. Or to nibble as a mid-day snack with milk. Or eat them as breakfast for dinner. They are tender and delicious, which is what a coffee shop scone usually isn’t. They’ll be a little more cakey than flakey. They’re definitely an amazing fall treat!
Freezing tips:
These Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Scones freeze well. After the icing has set, wrap each individually in foil and just pop them into your freezer. They defrost quickly in the microwave (minus the foil).
So I’ve shown you how to make a Pumpkin Spice Latte and an Iced Coffee. And you can also make my Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites and Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones. Now you’re all set to “coffee shop it” at home!
Here are a few more recipes for scones you might like to try:
Whole Wheat Cranberry Scones Double Orange Scones with Orange Butter Blueberry Lemon Scones Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones Apple Pecan Scones Strawberry Buttermilk Scones Triple Chocolate Scones Fresh Peach Scones
