Pumpkin and Ginger Beer Biscuits
I rarely make biscuits. They’re really easy to throw together but I just don’t think of it. I saw this recipe on Foodgawker and it caught my eye. Mostly because it had ginger beer in it.
I have been loving a good Dark and Stormy recently. The fizz and spice from the ginger beer is awesome. You can taste that same fizz and spice in these biscuits. (confession – I’m not sure that you can actually taste fizz, but Hubby and I both thought these biscuits tasted fizzy, so just go with it).
We snacked on these biscuits while they were still warm with some melted butter. They were perfect with subtle hints of pumpkin and the taste of ginger (and fizz).
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Pumpkin and Ginger Beer Biscuits
Yield: 10 biscuits
Ingredients:
1.5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp ground ginger
A pinch of fresh nutmeg
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup ginger beer
Milk, for brushing
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a 9x9 pan and set aside.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, powdered sugar, nutmeg, and ginger together in a large mixing bowl. Form a well in the middle and add cream and pumpkin puree. Using a pastry cutter or a knife, begin to cut wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Gradually begin to add ginger beer until there is enough to form a soft dough. The mixture should hold together but not be sticky.
Working quickly and gently, gather dough together on a floured surface. Try to handle the dough as little as possible, using lightly floured hands to stop dough sticking to you, and pat the dough into a rectangle about 3/4 inch thick. You can lightly knead the dough with your hands but be sure not to overknead it.
Cut out rounds and place next to each other in the prepared baking pan. Brush tops with milk then bake for 12-15 minutes, or until scones are cooked through and golden on the top.
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then cover with a tea towel until you are ready to serve. Serve warm with butter, or jam & cinnamon whipped cream.
Recipe adapted from Raspberry Cupcakes
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I love love love this recipe! So super easy and no scary yeast issues from me! 🙂 Thanks for the shout out and exposing my funny AB story! 🙂
I’m so jealous you got to meet him!
I love cinnamon rolls, I might have to give these a try this weekend!
These look yummy! AB is the best, how cool that Joelen met him.
I love the nerdy charm of Alton too! And that first picture = total food porn! You shouldn’t do that to me, now I’m stuck here without a cinnamon roll to eat. Cruel…
Can’t disagree with Steph’s comment, food porn is good. We’ll be making these tomorrow for breakfast.
Sorry Wagners – Hopefully you made these and enjoyed them as much as we did 🙂
These look very very yummy.
These look so amazing! I’ve never made cinnamon rolls and really want to.
Did you cover them while they were rising in the oven? The recipe doesn’t say whether or not to and mine (I’m making them right now) aren’t rising…I guess I’ll just throw them in the oven to bake and hope it works out like yours did.
I did not cover them. Mine did rise enough in the oven while baking. Hopefully yours turn out as well!
I love AB! I think he’s geeky but he definitely knows great many things about cooking, baking, etc. So when it comes to a recipe from AB, I definitely give it a try! Especially since you’re so good at posting this recipe, I will have to make it this weekend! Your picture also convinces me that this can be done, by an amateur cook like myself!
Thanks for posting and for sharing!
Greetings! Very helpful advice within this post! It’s the little changes that make the most significant changes. Thanks for sharing!
All the brown sugar mix came out of mine while baking. What did I do wrong?