Scottish Oat Scones
These scones have that perfect texture of flaky, buttery goodness with just the right amount of sweetness that won’t leave your stomach at odds with your sweet tooth. It is also a wonderful recipe for its user-friendly easiness and speed. You can make these in half an hour for a weekend breakfast or as a nice treat for company coming over. Or, the best of all, you can just make them for yourselves at any time of the day and call them your midnight snacks!
Ingredients:
1½ cups all purpose flour 1½ cups Quaker Oats, uncooked 1 tablespoon baking powder ¼ cup sugar ½ teaspoon salt 2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted 1/3 cup milk 1 egg ½ cup chocolate chips or fruit
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 F
Take all the dry ingredients and combine them in a medium to large bowl.
Add butter, milk, and egg. Mix until just moist. But be sure that you don’t miss any pockets of flour. They like to hide on the bottom.
Add in the chocolate chips or fruit. Raisins work well with this recipe.
On a floured surface take your dough. Pat and shape it out into a flat circle.
With a large knife cut out as many scones as you want. Watch them fingers, though!
Transfer to a cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes until slightly browned. It may happen that you take it out too early and the inside is still too gooey. If that be the case, just pop it back into the oven and watch it for a few more minutes. Your oven’s temper also plays a key role in how long you bake the scones for.
When done, let cool for a few minutes then enjoy!
