Spicy Pumpkin Scones

Not sure where the recipe originated, but these spicy pumpkin scones are a perfect fit for cool autumn mornings. Best served hot, but can be served cold as well.

Step: 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Step: 2

Combine flour, 7 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in 4 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Step: 3

Beat egg using a whisk in a bowl. Add pumpkin, sour cream, and ginger; beat until well blended. Stir pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture until a soft dough has formed.

Step: 4

Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead gently 10 times. Roll or gently pat into a 9x6-inch rectangle. Cut dough into 6 squares. Cut each square in 1/2 diagonally, making 12 triangles.

Step: 5

Place the dough triangles 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Melt remaining tablespoon of butter and brush over scones. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.

Step: 6

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a scone comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes.

Per Serving: 171 calories; protein 3g; carbohydrates 25.7g; fat 6.5g; cholesterol 30.3mg; sodium 298.1mg.

Eating good breakfast to start the day has become a fabulous habit. It’s a fabolous way to start my day off healthfully. The sugar hit from the fruit wakes me up and bring me power to make on the morning. Sugar is often vilified as the evil of all disease, but sweetness is also loaded with fibre, which is best for your digestive system and make keep you feeling full longer, and not want likely grab a side food out of the street food before lunchtime.

Making fruit a morning habit is easy . Easy as put the fruit in your refrigerator next to the milk or on the table next to your grain bowl , or beside your coffee maker or tea kettle — somewhere where you’ll see it. Before you eating the rest of your food , eat your fruit. If you’re not usually a breakfast person.

Give your stomach energy a bit of sweetness in the morning is important to kick-start your healthy body for the day and fuel to your brain, which, incidentally, requires a continue supply of sweetness in the form of process glucose, amounting to around 120g daily. There is also substantial evidence to support the idea that a diet high in fibre can lowering your risk of a number of cancers. And of course, you benefit from all the other vitamins and antioxidants in fruit, which keep you powerfull and healthy.