Orange and Oat Scones

Serves:	10
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	312
Preparation Time:	10 M
Cooking Time:	30 M
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• ½ cup Turbinado Sugar
• 1 cup Butter (cut into tiny pieces)
• 1 cup Buttermilk
• 2 cups Rolled Oats
• 3 cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• ¼ cup Coarse Demerara Sugar (for sprinkling)
• 2/3 cup Dried Currants
• 1 Orange (zest)

Cooking Instructions:

• To get baking sheet ready, line it with parchment paper.
• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• Mix baking powder, baking soda, and turbinado sugar in a bowl.
• Blend the butter into the flour.
• Stir the flour mixture with zest of the orange and oats.
• Add currants and buttermilk till the mixture is just moist.
• If the dough is disintegrating, add more buttermilk, little by little.
• Mould and cut into shape of desired size.
• Place pieces in baking sheet prepared earlier.
• Sprinkle coarse sugar over the cake.
• Place in oven and bake until the bottom layer of the scones is deep golden in color or for 12 to 15 minutes.