Wild Blueberry Cinnamon Oatmeal Scones Food

BLUEBERRY OATMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Stir the oatmeal, flours, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Use a pastry cutter or two forks and cut in the butter with the flour mixture until crumbly and well blended. Stir the milk into the flour mixture until just combined. Lightly stir in the pecans and blueberries. Collect the dough into a ball and pat into a large circle about 1 inch high. Cut into 8 wedges, and place on prepared baking sheet. Brush tops with 2 tablespoons milk.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.

BLUEBERRY OAT SCONES

Steps:

• Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 350°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and coarse salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add butter. Using on/off turns, blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Add 1 cup oats and blueberries; stir to blend evenly.
• Stir half and half and vanilla in small bowl. Gradually add to flour mixture, tossing until dough just comes together (dough will be very moist).
• Using 1/2-cup measuring cup for each scone, drop dough in mounds onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart. Sprinkle tops with remaining 3 tablespoons oats, then raw sugar.
• Bake 15 minutes. Reverse sheets and continue baking until scones are golden and tester inserted into center from side comes out clean, about 12 minutes longer. Transfer scones to rack and cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• *Also called turbinado or demerara sugar; available at most supermarkets and at natural foods stores.

WHOLE WHEAT SCONES WITH OATMEAL AND BLUEBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Cut in butter cubes with a pastry cutter or 2 knives.
• Mix half-and-half and egg together in a bowl. Mix into the flour-butter mixture. Fold in blueberries and oats.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half. Roll each half into a circle and cut each into 8 wedges. Transfer scones to the prepared baking sheet; sprinkle raw sugar over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

WILD BLUEBERRY, CINNAMON & OATMEAL SCONES

Steps:

• Oven to 375. Sift flour, sugar, bpowder, salt and cinnamon together in large bowl. Whisk in oats. Add butter and, using fingers, combine w/dry ingreds just til mixture resembles coarse meal. Don't overblend. In separate bowl, whisk together cream, creme fraiche and orange zest. Add liquid ingreds and blueberries to dry ingreds. Stir until just combined, careful not to overmix. (Cool hands are best.) Gather dough into ball. Flatten to disk about 1-1/4" thick and 7" diameter. Cut into 8 wedges. For topping, brush w/cream and sprinkle w/sugar. Arrange about 1" apart on lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 25-30 mins or til golden. Transfer to rack for 15-20 mins before serving.