Maple-Oatmeal Scones

Name: Maple-Oatmeal Scones
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps baking powder; 454 grams cold unsalted butter, diced; 118 milliliters cold buttermilk; 296 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk or water, for egg wash; 4 extra larges eggs, lightly beaten; 828 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 118 milliliters pure maple syrup; 237 milliliters quick-cooking oats, plus additional for sprinkling; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 237 milliliters whole-wheat flour

Maple-Oatmeal Scones might be just the Scottish recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 14. One serving contains 537 calories, 8g of protein, and 29g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is Head to the store and pick up egg, maple syrup, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It works best as a morn meal, and is done in approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the flours, oats, baking powder, sugar and salt. Blend the cold butter in at the lowest speed and mix until the butter is in pea-size pieces.

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Baking Powder

Butter

Sugar

Oats

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Oven

Combine the buttermilk, maple syrup and eggs and add quickly to the flour-and-butter mixture.

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Maple Syrup

Buttermilk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Mix until just blended. The dough may be sticky.

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Dough

Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface and be sure it is combined. Flour your hands and a rolling pin and roll the dough 3/4 to 1 inch thick. You should see lumps of butter in the dough.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut into 3-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Brush the tops with egg wash.

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Egg

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the tops are crisp and the insides are done.

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Oven

To make the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. When the scones are done, cool for 5 minutes and drizzle each scone with 1 tablespoon of the glaze. I like to sprinkle some uncooked oats on the top, for garnish. The warmer the scones are when you glaze them, the thinner the glaze will be.

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Powdered Sugar