Pumpkin scone

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Pumpkin scones are an Australian version of the scone containing mashed pumpkin, and are among the best-known of the desserts that originate from Australia. The pumpkin contributes flavour and texture. Pumpkin scones were likely developed in Queensland. They are first recorded in a cookbook in 1922, in Australian Home Cookery, though recipes had been around for at least a decade. The earliest identified in the Queensland History Journal came in 1912 from a Beatrice McNicol of Mitchell, Queensland, who included "3 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup milk, 1 tabs butter, ½ teas salt, 1 cup mashed pumpkin, 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar". By 1916, the pumpkin scone was well-established in Queensland baking competitions, and was appearing in mentions outside of the state, including a recipe published in Kalgoorlie, a city in rural Western Australia. A preparation published in The Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser that year included an assurance that the dish "has...

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