Plant-Based Spiced Sweet Potato Scones with Chocolate and Pepitas

Name: Plant-Based Spiced Sweet Potato Scones with Chocolate and Pepitas
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes 8 scones)
Ingredients: 1 small, sweet potato (8 ounces), unpeeled, pricked with fork several times; 1½ cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour; ½ cup (2¾ ounces), whole-wheat flour; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ½ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon, ground ginger; ⅛ teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 5 tablespoons, refined coconut oil; ⅓ cup (2 ounces), mini bittersweet chocolate chips; ¼ cup, raw pepitas; ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons, unsweetened plant-based creamer, divided

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The unexpected flavors in these scones will make them a highly anticipated treat on any morning table.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook

SERVES8 (Makes 8 scones)

Plant-Based Spiced Sweet Potato Scones with Chocolate and Pepitas

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

There are plenty of pumpkin-flavored baked goods out there, so we thought sweet potato would make a fun twist on that theme. Initially we tried grating it (a no-go: it looked weirdly like shredded cheese), so then we tried microwaving a who...

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