Lady Flo's pumpkin scones

Lady Flo Bjelke-Petersen's famous pumpkin scones.

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 cup of cold mashed pumpkin (cold!)

2 cups of sifted self-raising flour

NB: mashed pumpkin should be from an actual pumpkin; not orange goo in a can.

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pumpkin is cold.

Turn dough onto a floured board and press into a slab about 2 cm thick.
Cut into circles, e.g. using a cookie-cutter or glass tumbler about 6.5 cm wide.

Dip the cutter in flour to avoid the dough sticking to it.

Merge scraps of dough and reflatten and cut. Any still remaining dough can be used as the test scone ;-)

Line a baking tray with baking paper and lay out the dough discs so the sides are just touching. If you like, brush the tops with some milk.
Bake on the top shelf of the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Split and serve with butter whilst warm.

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