~387 cal · 5g protein · 89g carbs · 5g fat (estimated, per serving)
🍽️
Golden pumpkin scones split with butter on a cooling rack
🇦🇺 Queensland
Pumpkin scones are Queensland’s contribution to the national biscuit tin, made nationally famous by a premier’s wife whose recipe became better known than his politics. The pumpkin keeps them moist for days — not that they last that long.
Sign in to save recipes to your book and leave reviews.
Make it yours
Toggle a diet and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional substitutes.
🥕 Vegetarian
🌱 Vegan
🌾 Gluten-Free
🥛 Dairy-Free
🥜 Nut-Free
🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 6 —
•
1 cup cooked mashed pumpkin, cooled
•
2.5 cups self-raising flour
•
2 tbsp butter, softened
•
3 tbsp sugar
•
1 egg
•
2–4 tbsp milk (as needed)
•
1 pinch of salt
Instructions
1
Cream the butter and sugar; beat in the egg (or flax), then the mashed pumpkin.
2
Fold in the flour and salt with a light hand, adding milk only if the dough is dry — soft, barely-mixed dough makes tall scones.
3
Pat out 1-inch thick on a floured board and cut rounds without twisting the cutter.
4
Bake close together on a hot tray at 425°F for 12–15 minutes until risen and golden.
5
Cool under a tea towel to keep them soft. Split and butter while warm — jam optional, opinions strong.
Queensland country-kitchen tradition.
Ratings & reviews
Sign in to rate this recipe once you’ve cooked it.
No reviews yet — be the first to cook it.
🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
📍
Queensland. The sunshine state that put pumpkin in the scone tin.
🗺️
Australia. Bush tucker, beach barbecues, and biscuit-tin classics.
🌍
Oceania. Island kitchens where coconut and the sea rule.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
👩🍳
Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
Recipes cooked, tested, and researched by the creators of Spin the Globe. How we build our recipes →
More from Australia
Anzac Biscuits
Golden oat-and-coconut biscuits bound with golden syrup — chewy or snappy, a national argument.
Aussie Meat Pie
A hand-sized pie of rich, gravy-thick minced beef in flaky pastry — the sauce-topped icon of every footy match and servo.
Vegemite on Toast
Hot buttered toast under a thin, salty scrape of Vegemite — the deceptively simple, fiercely defended Australian breakfast.