Fall

Soft Pumpkin Biscuits

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October 29, 2019
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Photo by Lucie lu
  • Prep time 45 minutes
  • Cook time 10 minutes
  • Makes 24
Author Notes

These are perfect for autumn time. Deliciously spiced biscuits perfect to warm you up for the colder months.

When September comes around and I start seeing pumpkins more and more, I start to crave them, I want pumpkin everything. —Lucie lu

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • For the biscuits
  • 175 grams Unsalted Butter
  • 100 grams Caster Sugar
  • 50 grams lightly packeted Dark Muscovado Sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 225 grams Pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 165 self raising brown flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon all spice
  • ½ teaspoons vanilla bean powder
  • ½ teaspoons cloves
  • ½ teaspoons nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoons ground pepper
  • the glaze
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 75 grams powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Dark Muscovado Sugar
Directions
  1. Preheat oven your oven to 180°C. Prepare two trays by laying greaseproof paper on both trays, then set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat the room temperature butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, approximately 5 to 7 minutes.
  3. Add the egg and vanilla extract, and beat to incorporate.
  4. Once incorporated add the pumpkin puree and all the spices and beat until it resembles buttercream icing.
  5. In a separate small bowl, stir the baking powder, baking soda and salt into the flour.
  6. In the wet bowl incorporate the flour into the bowl in fourths by hand using a spatula.
  7. Use a tablespoon ice cream scoop to measure out the dough onto the trays or using tablespoon scoop the dough into your hands and form into a ball.
  8. Once all the balls are formed and placed onto trays flatten the balls with you're hand.
  9. Bake for 7-10 minutes until cookies are starting to brown.
  10. Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl.
  11. In one corner of the bowl pour the remaining ingredients and mix until all combined.
  12. When the biscuits are fully cooled, dip or drizzle the glaze to your own desired preference.

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