Granola Scones

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup oatmeal, slow-cooking
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup flour, unbleached all-purpose
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup flax seed, ground
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/4 cup natural almonds, sliced
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds, raw
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
• 1 tablespoon oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon flax seed, whole

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine oatmeal, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla. let stand for 5 minutes.
• 3 in large bowl, combine flours, ground flaxseed, sugar, baking powder , baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
• 4 cut in butter. rub lightly with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. stir in currants, almonds and sunflower seeds.
• 5 stir buttermilk mixture into dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.
• 6 turn dough onto floured surface and knead six to eight times. dough will be sticky.
• 7 flatten into a 8-inch round cake pan, whisk egg , and 1 tablespoons water.
• 8 brush over dough. sprinkle with almonds, atmeal, sunflowere seeds, and flaxseed, score dough into 8 wedges. bake for 25-30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• 9 remove from pan and cut into 8 wedges. serve warm.