Maple Oatie Scones

By dlwelsh

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cold salted butter (1/2 stick)
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 large egg
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup half and half
• 2 teaspoons imitation maple flavoring
• maple icing
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon imitation maple flavoring

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Combine flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon and salt
in a large bowl use a pastry knife or a fork to cut the cold butter into the dry mixture Break butter down until there are no pieces larger than a pea stir in the chopped walnuts

use an electric mixer to combine egg, brown sugar and half and half with 2 teaspoon maple flavoring in a medium bowl
combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients and blend with an electric mixer until firm then use your hands to mix the dough until you can form it into a ball Pat dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1 1/4 inches thick. Shape the dough into a rectangle and then use a pizza wheel to large knife to cut the dough into 6 triangles arrange dough triangles on a baking sheet and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or just until the scones begin to turn light brown on the edges
as the scones cool, combine icing ingredients in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on low speed when the scones are cool spread the icing on top of each one with a frosting knife or spatula store scones in a sealed container or freeze them