Apple And Oat Scones With Cinnamon And Nutmeg Food

APPLE AND OAT SCONES WITH CINNAMON AND NUTMEG

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk together flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or rub in with your fingers. (The largest pieces should be the size of small peas.) With your fingertips, flatten butter pieces into small disks. Add apples and buttermilk, stirring until dough just comes together.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Pat dough into a 6-by-8-inch rectangle, and cut into twelve 2-by-2-inch squares with a floured knife. Place about 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush tops with buttermilk, and sprinkle with raw turbinado sugar and oats. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 22 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool on sheets for 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

APPLE SCONES WITH OATS AND MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• Mix flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Cut in cold butter with a pastry blender. Add shredded apples and mix to distribute. Stir in half-and-half, egg, and maple syrup. Mix until dough holds its shape but is still fairly sticky; do not overmix.
• Turn dough out onto a floured board and pat into a circle about 1/2-inch thick. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Brush the top of the dough with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Cut into 12 wedges and place on baking sheets at least 1 inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 13 to 15 minutes.

OATMEAL NUTMEG SCONES

Steps:

• Position oven rack in the center of oven; preheat oven to 400°; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, stir egg and buttermilk together.
• In another bowl, whisk flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together.
• Drop in the butter and, using your fingers, toss to coat the pieces of butter with flour.
• Quickly, working with your fingers or pastry blender, cut and rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is pebbly (you will have pea-size pieces, pieces the size of oatmeal flakes, and pieces the size of everything in between-that is just right).
• Pour the egg/buttermilk mixture over the dry ingredient; stir with a fork just until the dough, which will be wet and sticky, comes together; don't overmix.
• Still in the bowl, gently knead the dough by hand or turn it with a rubber spatula 8-10 times.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and divide it in half.
• Working with one piece at a time, pat the dough into a rough circle that is about 5 inches in diameter; cut it into 6 wedges and place on baking sheet.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until their tops are golden and firmish.
• Transfer to a rack; cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• **These scones are bumpy, lumpy, and handmade looking.

CINNAMON-APPLE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a mixing bowl and rub in butter. Add apples and 6 tablespoons brown sugar. Add 1/2 cup milk and work into a dough.
• Press into a 6- to 7-inch round on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with 1 tablespoon milk and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Score into 8 segments without cutting all the way through.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 1 hour.

APPLE OATMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; lightly butter a 10-inch diameter circle in the center of a baking sheet.
• In a bowl, stir the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt together.
• Cut the butter into ½ inch cubes and distribute them over the flour mixture.
• With a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In a small bowl, stir the egg, milk, molasses, and vanilla together.
• Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine; the dough will be sticky.
• Stir in the apple and dates until evenly distributed.
• Spread the dough into an 8-inch diameter circle in the center of the prepared baking sheet.
• With a serrated knife, cut into 8 wedges; bake 22-27 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove the baking sheet to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
• Using a spatula, transfer the scones to the wire rack to cool.
• Recut into wedges, if necessary; serve warm.