Starbucks Copycat Vegan Pumpkin Scones
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Starbucks Copycat VEGAN Pumpkin Scones- Easy pumpkin scones recipe inspired by Starbucks that taste a million times better! Best of all, they don’t contain any animal products.
I’m so excited to share this recipe with you today! My son has declared these pumpkin scones the second-best thing I’ve ever made (I’m not sure what the first is!).
Before my vegan days, I loved getting a pumpkin scone at Starbucks. I feel like those scones have been around forever! Even now, when Fall rolls around and I’m standing in line to order my soy latte, my eyes fall on that pumpkin scone and I think “come on Starbucks, why can’t you just make some vegan pastries already?”. Maybe one day….
But don’t worry! You can EASILY make your own delicious vegan pumpkin scones that seriously taste a million times better than the coffee shop version, I promise.
These scones are super moist and lightly sweetened, so the glaze on top is just perfect. No one would guess the scones are vegan.
How do you make vegan pumpkin scones?
You only need 1 bowl to make these pumpkin scones.
First, mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Then cut in the vegan butter using a pastry cutter or your hands, until it resembles coarse crumbs (middle photo below).
Dump in the wet ingredients and mix until a soft dough is formed.
Knead a few times on a lightly floured surface, flatten into a circle about 1 inch thick, then cut with a pizza cutter into 8 even pieces. Place on a baking sheet and bake for about 14-16 minutes. While the scones bake, make the glazes.
Let the scones cool for at least 15 minutes, then spoon some of the white glaze on each one. Drizzle some of the spiced glaze on top.
Let the glazes set a few minutes before serving, if possible.
I hope you enjoy these Fall inspired vegan pumpkin scones as much as I do!
Want more Fall inspired recipes? Try one of these:
Starbucks Copycat Vegan Pumpkin Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegan butter (earth balance brand preferred), cold and cut into small cubes or pieces
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons almond milk
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
For the White Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons almond milk
For the Spiced Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1-2 tablespoons almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and lightly grease a large baking sheet (or line with parchment paper).
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice mix, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the cold vegan butter, and use a pastry cutter or your hands to work the butter into the dry ingredients. It should resemble coarse crumbs.
- Now dump in the pumpkin puree, almond milk, applesauce and vanilla. Mix with a large wooden spoon until a soft dough forms.
- On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough a few times until it comes together. Flatten the dough with your hands (lightly flour your hands if sticky). Flatten it into a circle, about 1 inch thick.
- Using a pizza cutter or large knife, cut it like you would a pizza, into 8 pieces (see photos above for reference).
- Place on prepared baking sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes, until lightly golden brown on top.
To make the glazes:
- For the white glaze, combine the powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add more milk. If too thin, add more powdered sugar.
- For the spiced glaze, combine the powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice and milk in a small bowl and whisk to combine.
- Let the scones cool for at least 15 minutes, then spoon some of the white glaze onto each scone. Drizzle some of the spiced glaze on each scone. Let glazes set before serving.
Notes
- May also use whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour.
- This may work with coconut oil that is hard, you can cut it into the dry ingredients the same way.
- If you don't have pumpkin pie spice mix, for the spice mix use: 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger and 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg.
Nutrition
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77 Comments on “Starbucks Copycat Vegan Pumpkin Scones”
Another perfect recipe! I substituted the applesauce for more pumpkin puree and added 2tbsp white sugar + 1 tbsp extra almond milk. Texture and taste were both excellent!
Hi Lindsay. Thanks for sharing your wonderful feedback and review! I’m glad the scones turned out excellent for you!
This was my first time making scones, and I was very surprised how easy it turned out to be! The only (slight) modifications I made were using soy milk instead of almond and I only made the spiced glaze as I am not a huge glaze or frosting kind of person. I’ll definitely be making these again!
Bravo on making scones for the first time! I’m glad they turned out great for you! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review and comments! Happy cooking!
I cant have added sugar.
Will these taste good totally omitting the sugar?
I mean, I don’t think they would because they won’t be sweet at all, but if you like savory pumpkin scones they might work? I honestly can’t say because I haven’t tried it, but the sugar may be providing some structure to the scones as well.
These were so delicious and so easy! For some reason I’ve always been a little intimidated by scones. I’m so glad I gave these a try. The addition of the spiced icing is genius and really added a beautiful depth. Thanks Nora!
You are welcome, Ellie! I’m so glad you tried the scones and that they turned out wonderful for you! Thank you for taking your time to share your wonderful review and comments!
These are turning out perfectly in the oven. As they bake, I wanted to mention that this dough was perfect. It can’t together beautifully and rolled out well. It was not too sticky at all and I followed the recipe to a T. Thank you Nora for making simple, delicious dessert recipes that I can always rely on!
Meant to say they came out perfectly. Sorry about the typo
My favourite recipe!! If I were to cut them smaller to make them mini sized, any idea how much shorter my baking time would be?
Thank you, I love these too! You could probably cut off 5 minutes of bake time, but I’d keep an eye on them to make sure they don’t burn.
It’s Fall Y’all and these babies make for a delicious treat!!!
The dough was a bit too sticky at the end so I added approximately 1/3 cup of flour before I could work with it. The spiced glaze is yummy.
Thanks for sharing your review and comments! I’m glad you are loving the scones!
So yummy! Wondering
How best to store them!?
I keep them in a covered container at room temperature for 2-3 days, or in the refrigerator for up to a week. Thanks!
Have you made them gluten free? Your gluten free recipes are bang on! 😻
I haven’t tested it myself, but I think a good gluten free flour mix would work!
This was my first time making scones and they turned out pretty good! As written the unglazed scones are perfectly sweet for us. I did have a problem with the kneading and cutting. My dough was very sticky despite weighing out exactly 250g of flour. I was reluctant to keep adding more but in the end it was necessary. Mine don’t look very tidy but the flavor is out of this world!
Hello Nora!
I want to make these to put in a treat basket for Christmas and was wondering how long the scones stay fresh. I was thinking of making them the night before but if the scones only keep for a day or two I’ll make them the day of.
Happy Holidays!
They are best the first day, but are quite good the second day as well. I wouldn’t go for longer than that, they start to get stale. Sounds fun, happy holidays!
Amazing! Soo moist and yummy! Thank you for this!
You’re welcome!
These scones are amazing! They’re soft and fluffy and not dry like most scones. They don’t last very long in our house. I didn’t have any applesauce so I used 1 flax egg ( 1 tbps flax, 3 tbps water) and they came out wonderful!
Hi. Can I make these a day or two ahead of time? If so, bake and freeze or refrigerate then ice? Or make a cut dough and stop these? Thank you.
Sure. They are best fresh, so if it’s going to be longer than a day, I would freeze the scones, then thaw and ice when you are ready to serve. I would not freeze the dough, but bake the scones and freeze or store in the refrigerator for up to a day.
Best scones Ive ever had. Super moist and the perfect balance of flavors. My two year old asks for them all the time since she first tried them.
Thank you so much! My kids LOVE these scones, too.
hey I was wondering if there is any substitute for apple sauce?
You could probably use vegan yogurt of some kind, but I haven’t tested it. Two flax eggs might work as well.