Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 12 cup butter
  • 13 cup chopped pecans
  • 12 cup light cream or 12 cup dairy half-and-half
  • 23 cup canned pumpkin

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 425F Grease a bake sheet.
  • Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  • Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until the mixture looks like coarse meal or crumbs.
  • Stir in the pecans.
  • Combine the cream and the pumpkin.
  • Stir into the flour mixture just enough to moisten the dry ingredients.
  • You will have a stiff dough.
  • Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead gently a few times.
  • Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness.
  • Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter.
  • Place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.