Restaurant Quality Maple Oatmeal Scones Food

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.

MAPLE-OATMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Line two baking sheets with parchment or Silpats.
• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine flour, oats, baking powder, sugar and salt. Mix until evenly distributed. Add butter and mix on lowest speed until butter is in pea-sized lumps.
• Whisk together buttermilk, maple syrup and eggs. Pour into mixer all at once and mix until just combined; the dough may be sticky.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead once or twice to ensure it is thoroughly mixed. You should still see lumps of butter in the dough. Flour a rolling pin well and roll out to 3/4 to 1 inch thick, then use a 3" round or fluted cookie/biscuit cutter and place scones on baking sheets.
• Brush tops with egg wash, then bake 20-25 minutes until crisp on top and done in the middle.
• While they bake, combine the glaze ingredients. Cool the scones 5 minutes, then drizzle each with 1 tbsp of glaze (the warmer the scones are when you do this, the more glaze will run off and the thinner the glaze layer will be). Sprinkle a pinch of raw oats on each scone.