VEGAN PUMPKIN SCONES – GET SET VEGAN

The best vegan pumpkin scones recipe you’ll ever find! The coconut cream melts perfectly with the pumpkin and gives your pastries a crispy texture, while the spices add the right autumn atmosphere to the taste.

The fall season is not the same if you don’t eat pumpkin. When I was thinking about this a few days ago, ideas for pumpkin recipes came to mind and I was so excited that I decided to try some right away. I didn’t feel like making the raw pumpkin, I wanted to cook something quick and taste something sweet so I decided to make some pumpkin cones.

I also thought that not only are they very easy to make but also make the perfect snack when someone comes by.

The recipe is similar to Starbucks in some ways, but I’ve made a few changes. In particular, I wanted to create something that vegans could enjoy, so I replaced the butter and other ingredients with vegan options.

Are you in the pumpkin mood too? Then enough talk and let’s make vegan pumpkin scones together! You will see that the result is crispy, aromatic and perfectly seasoned pastries. We’ll look at the ingredients first.

Ingredients for vegan pumpkin scones

• Pumpkin puree: Pumpkin adds color and texture to your scones. You can use homemade pumpkin or canned pumpkin. However, if you choose to go for canned pumpkin, consider buying a pumpkin-only version. I would recommend using fresh homemade pumpkin puree as it’s fall and why not. It gives your scones the perfect aromatic taste.
• Coconut cream: Coconut cream has the same ingredients as coconut milk: water (or coconut water) and coconut meat. What is different is the fat content: coconut cream is much thicker than coconut milk. This ingredient doesn’t add very much to the taste. Its job is to replace cream.
• Sugar: Just a little sugar to sweeten scones. If you feel like it, you can replace it with cane sugar or fructose. Keep in mind that cane sugar is less sweet than the white variety, so you may need more.
• Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spices: Cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg – this selection of spices will make your scones as flavourful as those from Starbucks.
• Self-rising flour: This type of flour is a mixture of all-purpose flour, salt, and baking powder. This allows your scones to rise without adding any other ingredients.
• Vegan butter: Vegan butter is based on an emulsion of water and vegetable oils (palm oils, sunflower oil, corn and soybean oil). Its job is to replace butter, but you can use other ingredients as well. In particular, you can replace vegan butter with cold coconut oil.

Glaze ingredients::

• Powdered Sugar: It melts easily, that’s why I chose it. If you don’t have powdered sugar, you can make it at home by mixing white sugar.
• Vanilla Essence: This will add a sweet aroma to your icing. You can use some maple syrup instead to add more fall flavor to your scones.
• Coconut cream: You can replace coconut cream with water or milk, but coconut cream gives the icing the best texture.

How to Make Perfect Vegan Pumpkin Scones

Time to prepare your vegan pumpkin scones. Remember they need to be flaky and crispy so don’t manipulate the dough too much.

1. First mix wet ingredients, We mix the moist ingredients with a creamy consistency in one bowl and the dried ones in another. In this case, we mix pumpkin puree and coconut cream first, and then add pumpkin spices and white sugar. Mix until everything is mixed well.
2. Mix rising flour with vegan butter yourself. To get the perfect crispy scones, make sure your butter is freezer cold. Cut butter into ¼ inch cubes and mix them with flour while pressing butter into your fingertips. Their consistency is completely different (flour is dried, butter is creamy) but all you have to do is make a crumbly batter so that it is okay. The best solution to getting this texture is to use your hands.
3. To add Crumbly flour with wet ingredients – this is the mixture of pumpkin, coconut cream, spices and sugar. Since you already have a crumbly batter, that wouldn’t be difficult. Just combine everything with a wooden spoon and hands. You have two minutes to make a smooth ball. Otherwise, you will melt the butter and the dough will turn out greasy. Be careful not to over-mix the batter or your scone will stick together and taste like cardboard.
4. Refrigerate – The dough must rest, because the manipulation will heat it and no soft dough will rise in the oven. So we have to cool it down. Put the dough in a bowl, cover, and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
5. Make your scones – Take the batter out of the fridge and prepare your scones. Dust the surface with all-purpose flour. Make sure you don’t use self-raising flour for dusting. You don’t need the rolling pin, you can flatten the dough with your hands. Cut the dough into triangles with a knife and bake at 400F for 15 to 20 minutes. Remember they need to be flaky and crispy. So always check them.
6. Cooling – Take the scones out of the oven. Let them cool on a cooling shelf for 5 to 10 minutes.
7. Prepare the glaze – Mix together all of the frosting ingredients. If you use water instead of coconut cream, your icing will be slightly runny. So I recommend sticking to coconut cream. Pour the icing over the scones and enjoy with your coffee.

What’s the secret to making scones?

• Use self-rising flour instead of regular flour and baking powder. This makes a huge difference and will help your scones rise higher.
• Make sure the butter is freezer cold. This will help create air pockets in the layers of flour and make your scones flaky and crispy.
• Do not mix or knead the dough too much. It melts all of the butter and becomes the reason your scones turn out cake-like and doughy.
• Make sure you use high-fat, creamy coconut milk. This makes for a soft and moist scone instead of a dry, crumbly scone.
• Keep the scones as cold as possible until they’re ready to go in the oven. This will make them rise better.
• When baking, make sure the oven is well preheated. This will be the hack for the perfect climb up the scones.
• Always let the scones cool down before pouring the glaze.

Tips on saving

These pumpkin scones taste best the day they are baked. These scones will keep fresh for a day and don’t worry, they won’t even last a day. They are so good that they can be done in minutes. Place the scones in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also freeze and bake the scone batter whenever you need it.

These vegan pumpkin scones are super easy to make and look just like those from Starbucks with minimal effort. I think they have an advantage because all people can eat them, including people with allergies. Due to the mix of spices, these golden biscuits are the perfect snack for autumn and winter, better accompanied with a cup of tea or coffee.

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