Ginger pumpkin chocolate chip scones

It's officially October and since this is my favorite time of year, the combination of Fall flavors- pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, ginger, to name a few, are what really remind me why I absolutely love this weather and everything that it brings.  

So I have a really fun combination of Fall flavors for this scone.  I combined a few of my favorites and I think it really screams, FALL! Anyway, let me know what you think and I'll keep the recipe coming.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter (1 stick)

2 tsp of ginger

2 tsp of cinnamon

2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice

2/3 cup of canned pumpkin

2 1/2 cups of flour (all purpose- I'm a big fan of King Arthur flour for these)

1/3 cup of sugar

1 candied ginger chocolate bar (or your favorite dark chocolate)

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 cup of milk

2 eggs, lightly beaten

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Generously grease a baking sheet in preparation. Combine the flour, sugar, spices, baking powder and sugar and mix in a  medium sized bowl.  Add the cold butter and use a fork or pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture.  Very cold butter works best for this.  Then, add the wet ingredients to the center of the flour and butter bowl. Combine the beaten eggs, milk and pumpkin in the mixing bowl and fold in until the dry ingredients are well combined.  Lightly flour a flat surface (another baking pan or clean cutting board, if available) and with clean hands gently fold over the dough, kneading the dough for about 2-3 minutes, using a closed handed fist to enable to dough to rise easier.  Breakup the chocolate bar into smaller pieces and fold over into the dough.  Attempt to roll the dough out or fashion it into a round 8-9 inch diameter and divide the round into 10-12 triangular slices.  Transfer these onto the greased baking pan and brush additional milk onto the top of each slice.  This will enable the scone to stay moist through the baking process.  Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the scones are lightly brown.  

I chose to add a maple glaze to the top of the scones. I literally just brushed the scones after I took them out of the oven with a local NYS maple syrup and allowed it to soak into each scone as they cooled.  This really enhanced all of the flavors! Enjoy and let me know if you found any variations that work better! Welcome Fall!!