This recipe won a contest: These are tender and delicious. Made them twice and ate them before we could glaze them!
Cinnamon Bun Scones Makes 14 servings
2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup quick or old fashioned Quaker Oats - uncooked 3/4 cup milk 1/2 cup toasted chopped pecans, optional 1/4 cup plus 2 addt'l Tablespoons of sugar 1 large egg, lightly beaten 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) butter or margarine, chilled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces 1 Tablespoon baking powder 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt
For The Glaze: 3/4 cup powdered sugar 4 teaspoons orange juice or milk Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare a cookie sheet with a light coating of cooking spray.
In large bowl, sift together the flour, oats, the 1/4 cup of granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with clean fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
In a small bowl, combine the milk, egg and vanilla; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir with fork or rubber spatula until dry ingredients are moistened. In small bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar with the pecans and cinnamon; mix well. Sprinkle evenly over dough in bowl; gently stir batter to swirl in cinnamon mixture (Do not blend completely.) Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 2-inches apart on cookie sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes. In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and enough orange juice for desired consistency; mix until smooth. Drizzle over top of warm scones. Serve scones warm.
This is a slight variation of a recipe from Quaker Oatmeal.
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