Selective Palate

So I woke up this morning with the urge to bake. Since I don’t eat a lot of baked goods, or more accurately I shouldn’t eat a lot of baked goods I thought it would be nice if I baked up some nice treats for the guys and gals at M’s work place. Last time I did this I made buttery (yummy) scones you may remember. But in doing so I ended up leaving someone out since they are vegan. I did not want to do that again so I decided to try my hand at some vegan scones this morning.

I found a recipe online at Recipe Zaar and tweaked it a bit to my tastes. I ended up with Oatmeal Cranberry Scones. They were quite good. They were a little different that the moist, buttery scones I made before but they had a nice sweet taste and were just slightly crumbly, very good with coffee. For all the non-vegans I whipped up some orange honey butter to go along with them.

Here is what I did….

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastery flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. orange zest
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
1 t. vanilla extract
1/3 cup almond milk

First mix all the dry ingredients until well combined then add in the shortening a little at a time until mixture begins to look crumbly. Stir in the oats and the cranberries. Then mix in the almond milk and extract just until a dough comes together. Turn out on a floured surface and roll to about 1/2 thickness (or so) and cut into, well whatever you like. Times I have used a glass for nice rounds, or you can cut them into squares and then wedges. In this case given that tomorrow is Valentines Day I cut them into heart shapes. ENJOY!

Happy Valentines Day All!