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Maple-Oat Heart Scones – They Work for Me!

Jessica Fisher · February 11, 2009 · 18 Comments

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Maple-Oat Heart Scones

I’m not sure if it’s his age or his personality, but FishBoy 6 has been loving all sorts of cooking and crafting activities lately. I have a myriad of pink, handcut hearts strewn all over the school room floor as he has been working on Valentines this week. Yesterday he helped me prepare a veggie tray. And here he is helping me make some of our favorite scones. They are delicious and super easy to make with kids.

 

Maple-Oat Heart Scones

 

heart shaped scones on a white plate with a glass of milk
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Maple-Oat Heart-Shaped Scones

Bake up some whole grain, oaty scones to please the people you love. A sprinkling of sugar adds delicious crunch and sweetness.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, English
Keyword: oat scone, oatcake, oatmeal scone, rock cake, scone recipe, scones
Servings: 8
Calories: 201kcal
Author: Jessica Fisher

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup butter cut into pieces
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp maple flavoring
  • colored sugar for sprinkling on the scones : white, pink, or red sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Measure the flours, oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt into the bowl of food processor fitted with metal blade. Secure the lid and pulse briefly to mix.
  • Add the butter pieces and process until coarse crumbs are formed. Pour this crumb mixture into a large mixing bowl.
  • If you do not have a food processor, the same effect can be achieved in a mixing bowl with a pastry blender, fork, or two table knives held together.
  • In the now empty processor bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, and maple extract. Blend until smooth.
  • Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry crumb mixture and stir quickly, just until a dough forms. Overmixing will result in tough scones.
  • Empty the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead three or four times with floury hands. The dough will be sticky.
  • Shape the dough into a large, flat round. Cut into eight wedges and pull them apart. As you separate the wedges, indent the rounded side so that it forms the top of a narrow heart. The point of the wedge will form the point of the heart.
  • Place the eight hearts equally spaced on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle generously with the colored sugars and bake for 15-20 minutes or until done.

Notes

You can freeze the scones, baked or unbaked.
To freeze unbaked: Flash freeze and store in an airtight container in the freezer. Bake from frozen, according to recipe instructions, increasing baking time 5 to 7 minutes.
To freeze baked scones: bake and cool the scones. Store them in an airtight container in the freezer.
To make as a mix: Take a large ziptop bag or container and label it with the wet ingredients and the baking instructions. Measure out the dry ingredients into the bag. Seal and store until ready to use.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 244IU | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 1mg

Filed Under: Recipe, Scones and Biscuits

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  1. Lynn says

    February 11, 2009 at

    I’ll bet these are tasty 🙂

    Reply
  2. Tasha says

    February 11, 2009 at

    These sound great!

    Reply
  3. JessieLeigh says

    February 11, 2009 at

    These sound very yummy!

    And how cute is your boy? Love that smile on his face! He looks very proud of the work he’s doing. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Michelle@Life with Three says

    February 11, 2009 at

    Those look delicious — I’ll definitely be giving them a try! 🙂

    Reply
  5. lerinleigh says

    February 11, 2009 at

    I might try these! Do you ever drizzle them with anything?

    Reply
  6. Kim @ Forever Wherever says

    February 11, 2009 at

    Fun to make and yummy to eat…a great combination!
    -Kim

    Reply
  7. It Feels Like Chaos says

    February 11, 2009 at

    These sound yummy and are so cute! I’m going to try them. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  8. Jeff says

    April 14, 2009 at

    Yummy! Made these for breakfast and my son said they tasted better than the best candy. Sounds like a keeper to me!

    Reply
  9. Adrianne says

    November 12, 2009 at

    Budget friendly, yet "fancy" all at once, and might I add YUMMY! We added a maple flavored powder sugar glaze drizzled over the top. Served with a hot mug of Cider, they made for a great breakfast! Thank you.

    Reply
  10. Katie says

    January 21, 2010 at

    Mine turned out just as sticky as yours. I’m thinking that is way too much buttermilk. About 1/3 to 1/2 a cup seems more reasonable. Also, I replaced some of the baking powder with baking soda as the acid in buttermilk reacts with the soda to create leavening.

    Reply
    • Jessica Fisher says

      January 21, 2010 at

      This works fine for me if I have real buttermilk. But, I’ve noticed differences in buttermilks, too.

      Reply
    • Kimberly Rhoades says

      February 13, 2012 at

      That’s a great suggestion….ours turned out way too sticky, too.

      Gonna try them again with your changes. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Jessica Fisher says

        February 13, 2012 at

        I’m finding that buttermilk is very inconsistent across brands. Some is extremely THICK and others are thin as milk. This could account for some of the changes.

        Reply
  11. Martha Artyomenko says

    February 7, 2011 at

    those look so good!

    Reply
  12. Elizabeth says

    April 8, 2011 at

    Hi Jessica! I’m not sure if you monitor all past posts, but I’ll give it a try. 🙂 When making this as a baking mix for freezer cooking, at what point do you freeze? Do you mix in the butter and then freeze, or stop before the butter? Thanks so much…your blogs are invaluable to me, and you do such a fantastic job!

    Reply
    • Jessica Fisher says

      April 8, 2011 at

      @Elizabeth, you can do one of two ways. Just mix the dry ingredients and add the wet later. Or make it until baking, freeze them unbaked on a lined cookie sheet and then transfer the frozen scones to a freezer bag. When you bake them (from frozen), just increase your baking time by 5 min.

      Reply
  13. Jessica says

    February 9, 2012 at

    These sound great! Have you tried replacing the unbleached flour with white whole wheat flour or fine ground whole wheat flour? Also, could you use regular Old Fashioned oats instead of quick oats? Just curious, since these are the items i usually have on hand.

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jessica Fisher says

      February 9, 2012 at

      Yes, I think you could make those substitutions. I often use white whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour (1/2 and 1/2 to white). If you use a food processor, old fashioned oats should work fine.

      Reply

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