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Pumpkin Walnut Biscuits

1 - 3/4 cups flour
3 Tbls sugar
1 Tbl baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground ginger
5 Tbls cold butter, cut into 1/4" pieces
1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
1/2 cup light cream
1/3 cup solidly packed pumpkin mash or canned pumpkin
1 1/2 Tbls honey

Heat oven to 375° F. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger. Work in butter with pastry blender, mixing until ingredients resemble a coarse meal. Stir in chopped walnuts.


In another bowl, whisk together cream, pumpkin, and honey. Make a well in dry ingredients and pour in liquid, stirring until dough pulls together; let sit for 3 minutes. Flour work surface and knead dough into a ball, then pat into a 1" thick disk. Using a 2" biscuit cutter, cut dough into rounds and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet, leaving a couple of inches in between. Repeat process until dough is used up. Brush biscuit tops with some cream and sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Bake biscuits on center oven rack until light golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before serving. Makes about 12 biscuits.
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