Whole Grain Maple Oatmeal Scones

I'd been craving scones for sometime now. I don't know when the last time I've really had a good quality scone. All I know is, it's been awhile. And I needed to have a scone today before I seriously went crazy from scone deprivation; Ok, not crazy, but I really wanted a good, yummy and delicious scone. And a homemade one at that. I was in no mood to go to Starbucks and get a scone that has more sugar than needed that'd it drive a diabetic to their death bed.

I decided I wanted to make Oatmeal Scones. Using one of my favorite ingredients to use while baking; Oatmeal. I think you can really use oatmeal in basically anything. My fathers even been making Turkey Burgers that have oatmeal in them. I've had them before and I have to say, they're very good. My entire family never wants to have a burger again. I haven't had one in sometime since I've decided that I'm going to be a Vegetarian.

Side from that, I really wanted Oatmeal Scones. To add more flavor, I added Maple Syrup. In my opinion, after tasted these scones, Oatmeal and Maple really go hand in hand. They're a great combination. And with the added cinnamon, everything just tasted wonderful all together. These are a great morning wake me up.

Recipe

1 1/3 cup oat flour
1 1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 tbsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
8 tbsp. (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2/3 cup yogurt
2 tbsp. pure maple syrup


For the top:

1 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. maple syrup
2 tbsp. oats


1. Preheat the oven to 400.

2. Whisk together the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Transfer that mixture to the bowl of a food processor. Add the oats and pulse in short bursts (1 sec each) about 15 times. Drop in the pieces of cold butter and pulse again in short bursts until coarse meal forms, about another 15 pulses.

3. Place this mixture back into the large bowl. In a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together the milk, yogurt and maple syrup. Pour the liquid into the flour/oat/butter mixture, and stir gently with a fork until it’s moistened and starts to come together. Using your hand, gather the dough into a ball right in the bowl and knead it a few times against the side of the bowl to bring the dough together.

4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat it into a 3/4-inch thick circle. Using a sharp knife, cut like a pie into 8 wedges. Place the wedges on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone baking mat.

5. Whisk together 1 tbsp milk and 1 tbsp maple syrup in a little bowl. Brush the tops of the scones with this mixture, then sprinkle the remaining 2 tbsp oats across the tops of the scones.

6. Bake for 15-17 minutes, until the tops are golden brown. Cool on a rack.

Makes 8 Scones.

Pumpkin Pecan Scones

I've always just loved scones. I grew up on them. A majority of my family is English, and when I would stay with my grandmother as a kid, we would usually eat traditional English food. She loved and lived off the traditional foods of England; Foods like lamb, shepherd's pie, cottage pie, bangers and mash, toad in the hole, which I really miss, and she absolutely loved scones and spotted dogs.

I was always the blueberry scone type and I still am to this day. But, I really like any kind of scone to be honest. They're all delicious and tasty that theres nothing that I can really say bad about many scones. They're all just so... Good!

Since Fall began, I've been craving the spices and goodness of pumpkin. It's something about Fall that has me craving these things. Like how Christmas has me crave Peppermint and Summer has me crave Pineapple. Whatever the season, I'm always craving something in particular. And it's Fall, so I thought, 'Why not make Pumpkin Scones??'.

They came out wonderfully and so so delicious! That smell and aroma of Pumpkin when being baked... It's indescribable. I just smelt delicious in the air. I made this entry for Sweetnicks ARF Tuesdays. They have a lot of other great recipes. Defiantly should check it out.

Recipe

2 cups flour
1/3 cup light or dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter, cold and cut up
1/3 cup white chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup pecans
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup pure pumpkin
1 tsp. vanilla


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place rack in middle of oven.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture. Mixture should look like coarse crumbs. Stir in white chocolate and pecans.

3. In another bowl, mix together pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla. Add to flour mixture. Mix together just until dough comes together. Do not overmix.

4. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead dough gently, four or five times, and then pat into a circle about 7 inches round and 1 1/2 inches thick. Cut into 6-8 triangles. Image like your cutting a pizza.

5. Place scones on baking sheet and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. Let cool.