Moist and delicious oatmeal and fresh cherry scones with a hint of almond. Great breakfast or afternoon snack.
Ingredients
1¾ cup All Purpose Flour (reserve ¼ cup)
1 ¼ cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal
¼ cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
¼ teaspoon Vanilla Paste
⅛ teaspoon Almond Extract
⅔ cup Unsalted Butter, melted
⅓ cup Milk
2 Large Eggs
1 cup chopped Fresh Cherries
1 tablespoon Water
1 tablespoon Raw Sugar
½ cup sliced Almonds
Instructions
Prep
Wash and pit cherries, rough chop.
Preheat oven to 450 ℉
Directions
Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
In another bowl, beat 1 egg with milk, vanilla paste, and almond extract. Add in melted butter.
Pour liquid into flour mixture and mix thoroughly.
Add ¼ cup flour to chopped cherries, stirring to coat then fold in cherries into the scones mixture forming a ball. This mixture will be moist.
Flour your work surface and pat out the scone ball into a large circle about ¾” high.
Cut into 12 wedges and transfer to a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Beat 1 egg with 1 tablespoon water to make an egg wash.
Brush scones with egg wash and sprinkle with the sliced almonds and raw sugar.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and cooked through.
Cool for 15 minutes before serving if you can wait that long!
Notes
Recipe adapted from Scottish Oatmeal Scones http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/scottish-oat-scones-1585 Next time I might reduce the sugar to ⅛ cup and use Blond Coconut Palm Sugar. These are slightly sweeter than I prefer.
Recipe by What about the food? at https://whataboutthefood.com/oatmeal-cherry-scones/