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Oatmeal Scones with Orange, Ginger and Chocolate

Oatmeal Scones with Orange, Ginger and Chocolate

The perfect tender, flakey scone with a wonderful flavour profile of orange zest, candied ginger and dark chocolate chunks. These will quickly become a favourite coffee or high tea treat.

Course Baking
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 scones

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup large oats
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 3 tbsp chopped candied ginger
  • 3 tbsp chopped dark chocolate
  • 1 tbsp fresh orange zest

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup cold or frozen butter 1 stick
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 tsp orange blossom water

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven o 350F.
  2. Combine flour (white and whole wheat), oats, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
  3. Add the candied ginger and dark chocolate.
  4. Add the butter by using the large holes of a grater. Give it a quick stir to incorporate the butter throughout the batter.
  5. Mix the whole milk, heavy cream and orange blossom water together in a small bowl. Add it to the batter and mix with your hands until it all holds together in the bowl. Dump onto the counter to finish bringing it together.
  6. Do not over-handle or knead the dough, just bring it together tightly and then roll it out to to a one inch thick (2.5 cm) disk. Cut it into quarters. And then divide each quarter into three. This will give you 12 scones. I find that only cutting them into eight makes for a larger scone that may overwhelm some! But cut out the way you prefer!
  7. Place them all onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Spread out as much as possible.
  8. Bake on centre rack. Depending on the size, they will take between 20 and 25 minutes. Turn the baking sheet once halfway through the baking process.

  9. Tip: You can use just milk or cream but I don’t recommend less than whole milk. Even using part sour cream makes a very nice scone, just keep it to that measurement

Recipe Notes

Oatmeal Scone Recipe

Courtesy of Heather – Owner of The Scone Witch in Ottawa.  Recipe can be found here