Oatmeal Scones

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 10 Minutes

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

3/4 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats

1/3 cup sugar

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cold butter, cut up

2/3 cup fat-free buttermilk

1 large egg

vegetable cooking spray

3 tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tablespoons fat-free buttermilk

2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Directions:

1. Bake oats in a 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan at 400° for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
2. Combine oats and next 5 ingredients.
3. Cut butter into oats mixture with a pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Stir together 2/3 cup buttermilk and egg. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened and dough forms.
4. Turn dough out onto a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Shape dough into a 7 1/2-inch circle.
5. Combine 3 Tbsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Brush dough with 1 1/2 Tbsp. buttermilk. Sprinkle with sugar mixture and pecans.
6. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cut into 8 wedges; serve immediately.

By RecipeOfHealth.com