Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/4 cup golden brown sugar, packed
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (see recipe below)
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1/2 cup butter, chilled
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1/2 cup dried cranberries
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1/3 cup milk
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1/2 cup canned pumpkin
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3 tablespoons dried cranberries
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1/2 cup boiling water
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1/2 cup butter
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3 tablespoons powdered sugar
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1 egg
Instructions
- For Cranberry Butter.
- Pour boiling water over berries and let sit for 10 minutes. Drain. Chop berries and whip with margarine and sugar. Chill for at least 1 hour.
- For Pumpkin Cranberry Scones.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In large mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice . Cut in margarine with pastry cutter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Add cranberries.
- In small bowl, beat egg. Add pumpkin and milk. Pour all at once into well in the middle of the dry ingredients mixing with a fork until just moistened.
- Knead on lightly floured breadboard until nearly smooth (several seconds).Pat dough into a 12x9 inch rectangel. Cut dough into 4x3 inch rectangles; cut each rectangle in half to form triangles. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack for 5 minutes. Serve warm with cranberry, butter if desired.
- Pumpkin Pie Spice.
- Mix together 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoons ginger, 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoons cloves.