Oatmeal Currant Scones

Name: Oatmeal Currant Scones
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 158 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk plus additional for brushing; 118 milliliters dried currants; 394 milliliters all-purpose flour; 315 milliliters old-fashioned oats; 1 large Finely grated zest from navel orange; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar plus additional for sprinkling; 177 milliliters 1/2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces

Oatmeal Currant Scones is a vegetarian morn meal. One serving contains 242 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, flour, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425ºF.

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Oven

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt into a food processor, then add oats and pulse 15 times.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Oats

Salt

Pop

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Food Processor

Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with small (pea-size) lumps, then transfer to a bowl.

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Butter

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Bowl

Stir together zest and buttermilk. Toss currants with oat mixture, then add buttermilk, stirring with a fork just until a dough forms. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead 6 times.

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Buttermilk

Currants

Dough

Pat dough into a 1-inch-thick round, dusting surface with more flour if necessary.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Cut out as many scones as possible with cutter, dipping it in flour before each cut, and transfer scones to a lightly buttered large baking sheet. Gather scraps into a ball, then pat into a round and cut out more scones in same manner.

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All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet