I love maple-anything this type of year! These maple oatmeal scones sounded like the perfect “healthy” breakfast. They have whole wheat flour, steel cut oats, and oh yeah just a little bit of butter and sugar! I’d recommend making yours a little bit smaller and thicker than mine. That way you’ll get more of the delicious inside! They’re perfectly flaky on the outside and soft in the inside! Perfect for a fall or winter morning!
Maple Oatmeal Scones from Ina Garten‘s Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
INGREDIENTS
For the Scones:
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats, plus additional for sprinkling
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
- 1/2 cup cold buttermilk
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 4 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk or water, for egg wash
For the Glaze:
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
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. (I’d definitely make them 1 inch thick. They don’t puff up that much). 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.
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If you make these let me know what you think!
xox
