Description
Cinnamon spiced butternut scones are the perfect pick-me-up with afternoon tea and are packed with butternut.
Ingredients
200g stone ground flour
50g softened butter
50g sugar
180g mashed cooked butternut (but not pureed)
2tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
pinch of salt
egg and a little bit of milk for eggwash
cinnamon sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180’C
Add flour to a bowl and rub in the butter. Continue to rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add sugar, spices, baking powder, and salt.
Add mashed butternut and stir and then mix with hands until it forms a dough.
Press onto the surface and cut into triangles with a pizza cutter. Just like you would cut a pizza.
Place on a baking tray, and whisk egg and a little bit of milk together. Use a pastry brush and brush egg wash on top. Sprinkle with a generous amount of cinnamon sugar.
Bake in the oven for about 12-15 minutes until golden brown and risen.
Cool down on a cooling rack.
Notes
Easy way to cook butternut
Preheat the oven to 180’C, place the whole butternut on a baking tray and place it in the oven. Roast the butternut for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. It should be soft when testing with a knife.
Cut in half and let it cool down. Scoop the seeds and flesh out or peel the skin off. Use a knife if it is easier.
Now you have butternut prepped for various recipes without breaking a sweat.