Apple Cinnamon & Oat Scones

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Scones!!  These scones taste like an apple pie, can you say delicious!? I found this recipe in a Martha Stewart magazine and I have been wanting to make them for about a month.  My boyfriend had his treat day last week and I thought this would be perfect for him to take to work.  Needless to say, they were a huge hit.  It's a perfect breakfast treat.  So delicious....

Apple & Oat Scones - Adapted from Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Yield: 12 Scones
Ingredients:
1 2/3 Cup Flour
1 1/3 Cup Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats, plus more for topping
1/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar, plus more for topping
1 Heaping Teaspoon Cinnamon
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
3/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 Stick Cold Unsalted Butter, cut into pieces
1 1/2 Cups Granny Smith Apple Chunks, I used 2 large apples cut into 1/4-inch cubes - It was a lot of apple...
2/3 Cup Cold Buttermilk, plus more for brushing

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Whisk together flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Cut in butter with a pastry blender, or rub in with your fingers - The largest pieces should be the size of a pea.
4. With your fingers, flatten the butter pieces into small discs.  Add the apples and buttermilk, stirring the dough just until it comes together.
5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.  Pat dough into a rectangle, cut the dough with a floured knife into 12 pieces, or smaller depending on how many scones you want to make.
6. Place on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart.  Brush with buttermilk and then sprinkle with sugar and oats.
7. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let them cool for 10 minutes. 
8. Enjoy warm or room temperature!!

Nutella Scones

Friday was treat day again for my boyfriend at his work.  I had to work late on Thursday so we started making these at 10:30 at night.  I was reading though all the ingredients and making the dough and put them in the oven.  I had a sneaking suspicion I had done something wrong.  I notice the recipe said 3/4 stick of butter, not 3/4 cup of butter.  So I accidentally doubled the amount of butter in these but I don't think anyone noticed.  They weren't the correct texture for a scone, but they were chocolaty and filled with Nutella, so who can complain!?

I forgot to take photos, my boyfriend took these at his work on his iPhone.

Nutella Scones - Adapted from I'll Have What She's Having

Yield - 16 Scones

Ingredients:

2 Cups Flour
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
6 Tablespoons (3/4 stick) COLD Unsalted Butter, cut into chunks - This is where i went wrong!!
1 Egg
1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
3/4 Cup Toasted Hazelnuts, coarsely chopped - I didn't use nuts.
1/2 Cup Nutella

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicon mat, or nothing if you use Airbake - I am obsessed with my Airbake! 
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter to the flour. Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour until the chunks of butter become pea sized and the flour holds together when squeezed.
3. Whisk the cream and egg together. While mixing, slowly pour the cream mixture into the flour mixture until the dough just comes together. Stir in the hazelnuts, if you choose to use them.
4. Then pour the dough onto a floured surface. Knead the dough into a 6 inch by 12 inch rectangle (doesn’t have to be exact).
5. Spread 1/4 cup (I used a little more!) of the Nutella over the dough, then roll it into a cylinder. Flatten the cylinder into a disk, then slice it into wedges (16).  They start small and expand a lot in the oven!
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
7. Once baked, place on a cooling rack. Warm the remaining 1/4 cup Nutella, then drizzle it over the cooling scones.
8. Enjoy!!