Whole Wheat Vegan Pumpkin Scones with Cinnamon Orange Glaze

The most flavorful Vegan Pumpkin Scones thanks to loads of spices and a cinnamon orange glaze! These are an absolute must.

 

 

First of all… Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian peeps! Yes, I celebrate two Thanksgivings a year, and YES it is awesome. i.e. all the food.
Don’t tell anyone (okay you’re speaking to the world wide web, you’re obviously telling EVERYONE, Ashley) but I kind of like Canada’s Thanksgiving a little tiny bit better than ours. Why? Because it’s still warm enough–usually–to go CAMPING. Which is exactly what I was doing over the weekend on Lake Huron with our Canadian family. I know… camping in October? But actually it is so fun. Hoping to share some pictures with you all later this week!

When my family first started joining in on the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday we were camping all the way up on the Georgian Bay. It was such a different experience camping there in the Fall compared to the summertime that I was used to. The air was so refreshing. All of the leaves on the trees were this beautiful golden yellow that contrasted against the dark blue water. I was the only person riding my bike on the trail, likely belting out lyrics to Yellowcard because the park was so empty and I was just having the time of my life. I was also 15 and melodramatic.

But really, camping in October is amazing.

Anyways, do you guys want to talk about these pumpkin scones?!? YES, of course you do.

I mean, you had to know these seasonal scones were coming right? Somehow I managed to forget about sharing pumpkin scones with you last year… maybe that was before I got obsessed? I’m not sure, it doesn’t matter. Because here we are with some bomb dot com vegan pumpkin scones that I think you guys are going to go crazy over.

I’ve created this scone recipe as part of the Simply Organic Bake-Off, where nine other bloggers and myself have teamed up to share delicious dairy-free recipes during one of the most beloved seasons for baking, AKA FALL.

One reason I love vegan baking is because anyone and everyone can enjoy them. And I truly want all of you here to enjoy my recipes. When I go the route of vegan baking, my aim is to make the vegan-baked good just as tasty as the traditional recipe. Sometimes that can pose a challenge. Especially when, traditionally speaking, baking=butter=flavor.

But honestly… you’re not going to miss the butter one bit in these pumpkin scones because we have so much flavor coming from the spices AND the cinnamon orange glaze–which I’ll get to in a second.

For the pumpkin scones we’re using a homemade pumpkin pie spice <– obviously.

 

cinnamon

nutmeg

ginger

all spice

cloves

Of course you can also do a pre-made pumpkin pie spice too if you’d rather go that route. I just always have all of the above spices on hand, so I might as well make my own!

Now let’s chat about scones… I don’t think they should be overly moist or cake-like, because then you might as well be eating a muffin. You want scones to have a definite texture. And these ones have just that: soft in the middle with just the right amount of crumb and a nice crisp edge.

what you need

whole wheat white flour

coconut sugar

pumpkin pie spice

baking powder

salt

frozen coconut oil

canned pumpkin

canned coconut milk

vanilla or almond extract

All you have to do is combine the dry ingredients in one bowl, grate the frozen coconut oil and work that into the dough (this hand blender is really great!), then stir in the combined wet ingredients.

TIP: I like to portion out the coconut oil into a lined bowl using plastic wrap before placing in the freezer. Then when the coconut oil is frozen solid, you can just peel back the plastic wrap and get to grating!

Once the dough has come together you shape it into a circle on a baking sheet and make slices into the dough. Bake the pre-sliced dough for about 15 minutes before removing from the oven to completely slice and separate the scones, then bake for an additional 3-5 minutes. It’s not entirely 100% necessary, but I always do this so each scone gets a crisper edge! And it’s harder to separate the wet dough out completely.

So now we have amazing vegan pumpkin scones! Oh, yes… the glaze. It’s just a simple combination of orange zest, a tiny bit of orange juice, a few dashes of ground cinnamon, and powdered sugar. It’s kind of amazing…

Oh oh, can we talk about zesting real quick? My life has forever been changed by this Microplane. I can’t tell you how many times last year I would get angry at my old zester. I thought zesting was the absolute WORST. All the zest from my oranges and lemons just stuck in the little grates! And then I would bang it ferociously on the counter trying to get it all out. And then I would resort to scraping it out with a toothpick. Honestly, it was not a pretty sight. But then one of my old co-workers (aware of my previous complaints) was kind enough to get me this Microplane as a going away gift. I actually used it for the first time on this recipe. As soon as I started rubbing the skin of the orange against the grates I looked under to see this beautiful pile of orange zest just waiting for me. No banging necessary, it was just THERE. Yes, I am swooning over a zester…

But back to the pumpkin scones… These MUST be on your baking list this ASAP. They are such a lovely breakfast treat.

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recommended tools

OXO Dough Blender

glass mixing bowls

Microplane fine grater/zester

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Simply Organic and Go Dairy Free have teamed up with 10 talented food bloggers and authors for a bake-off! The bloggers will create sweet and savory recipes that are filled with flavor, but fit for dairy-free and other special diet needs. To enjoy more recipes from Simply Organic, follow the hashtag #OrganicMoments. To follow this event, vote, enter to win prizes, and find more exclusively dairy-free recipes, visit http://www.godairyfree.org/news/simply-organic-bake-off.

 

 

Let the baking begin!

 

 

 

 

 

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