Scone Success

After finally conquering curry at home, I decided I should start going after all the other things on my list.

Things I?m Intimidated to Make at Home:

Mousse
Souffle
Layer cakes
Creme Brulee
Rice pudding
Anything on Joy the Baker
Ice cream
Sandwich cookies
Shortbread
Soft Pretzels
Bagels
Doughnuts
Pie with a lattice crust
Scones
?and many more

And now, I can cross one more item off that list!

Scones are a mystery to me. Are they breakfast or a snack? Sweet or savory?

I love a good scone ? they?re flaky and buttery and aren?t too sweet.

But they?re really just biscuits.

The process is almost exactly the same, the basic ingredients are the same?you just add in fun ingredients like dried fruit or chocolate chips.

Everytime I?ve tried making them at home before, I?ve made too many changes or tried to ?health? them up too much, leaving me with crumbly hockey pucks or ones that were more like a muffin than a scone.

This time was different.

While I did make a few changes, it was out of necessity! I ran out of flour as I was making these, I didn?t have enough oats, and I used all my buttermilk earlier this week in cornbread.

But even with these changes, these scones tasted like real scones!

And, from start to finish, they took 5 minutes to prep and get in the oven.

Mixed Berry and Orange Scones

Inspired by Food & Wine Orange-Cranberry Scones with Turbinado Sugar

Makes 6 scones.

1.5 cups flour
1/4 cup quick oats
1/2 cup oatbran
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp sugar
6 Tbsp butter, diced and chilled
1/2 cup mixed dried berries
2 tsp orange zest
1/2 cup light coconut milk


Preheat oven to 425 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In large bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, oatbran, baking powder, salt, and 3 Tbsp of sugar.
Cut in butter (with pastry blender, fork, or hands) until flour mixture resembles cornmeal.
Stir in fruit and orange zest.
Mix in coconut milk, just until dough comes together.
Form into 6 rounds and place on baking sheet.
Brush top of each scone with coconut milk and sprinkle with remaining 1 Tbsp sugar.
Bake 17-20 minutes until golden.

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