Pampered Chefs Fruit N Oat Scones Food

PAMPERED CHEF'S FRUIT 'N OAT SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F In Classic Batter Bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Using Pastry Blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in dried fruit. Add milk; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Using lightly floured Baker's Roller, roll out dough on Medium Round Stone with Handles to 9-in. circle, about ½ inches thick. Using Pizza Cutter, cut dough into 12 wedges; separate slightly. Combine sugar and cinnamon in Flour/Sugar Shaker; sprinkle over dough. Bake 15-17 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

MAPLE-OATMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• 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. Combine the buttermilk, maple syrup and eggs and add quickly to the flour-and-butter mixture. Mix until just blended. The dough may be sticky.
• 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. Cut into 3-inch rounds with a plain or fluted cutter and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Brush the tops with egg wash. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the tops are crisp and the insides are done.
• 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.