Oatmeal + Honey Scones
I love baking these delicious oatmeal honey scones. They are quick and easy to make and I often have one as a quick breakfast or morning snack if I’m running out the door for a busy day ahead. Perfect with a cup of lemon tea. They’re full of soluble fiber that fills you up and provides long lasting energy. The dates add a lovely natural sweetness and I regularly swap them for other dried fruits such as organic dried apricots, fig, cranberry or raisins. The banana adds moisture and extra goodness which allows me to use less oil in the mix – you can also use apple puree. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
2 1/2 cups rolled oats + 1/2 cup extra for rolling
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed (linseed)
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
zest from 1 orange
1 ripe banana
1 cup fresh dates ( pitted and halved)
Preheat your oven to 180 C. (160 C FAN FORCED)
Combine 2 1/2 cups of oats, honey, oil, cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla, banana and bicarb into a food processor.
Mix for about 15 seconds in the food processor until the scone mixture comes together to form a soft dough. ( now you can also do this by hand, but it will take you a good 5 minutes of mixing and squishing the dough until it comes together)
Add the dates last of all and mix through by hand.
Spoon the scone dough onto a board coated with the rest of the rolled oats and cover the outside of the dough with the oats.
Flatten down slightly and cut into rounds. You should get 8 rounds.
Place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
Bake for 20 minutes until golden.
Remove from the oven and cool.
Enjoy alone or with a little ricotta, honey or whole fruit jam.
Protein: 3.5 g
Fat: 9.7 g
Carbs: 33 g
kilojoules: 967
Calories: 231
NOTES:
Other dried fruit can be used in place of the dates. dried apricot, cranberry, fig are all delicious.
For GLUTEN FREE + PALEO scones go to:
http://www.thehealthychef.com/2011/03/gluten-free-scones-with-home-made-berry-jam/
Just wondering if you use dried cranberries without any added sugar? I can only manage to find dried cranberries with sugar already added. Thanks
I use organic dried cranberries sweetened with apple juice that i get from a company called pacific organics. T
Hi Theresa
I think these would be a great nut free muesli bar substitute for school lunchboxes!
Yes indeed Rachel. Great for kids and they love them.
If you were to use apple puree as a substitute, how much (about) would you suggest using? Thanks!
100 g apple puree.
Another great wheat free lunch box alternative for my son. What would I do without you
These are beautiful. My first batch turned out like rock cakes and were delicious. I look forward to making them again, trying them with apple puree as an alternative to honey, and adding even a bit more dried fruit. Great for kids’ lunches.
Hi Theresa These worked well. Do you think there’s a way of turning it into a slice to make nut free muesli bars for lunch boxes? Also the food processor chopped up the oats quite a lot, are yours like that? Finally are your temperatures for baking in a fan forced oven or should I turn mine down 20 degrees or so? Thanks Rachel
Thanks for the recipe they are great. I used apple & pear puree and can’t believe how soft and moist they are. Having one right now
i made these last night with pear that i blitzed in the food proccessor. Fantastic!
I am new to cooking. I don’t like dates or dried fruits – can I make these without them? Would I need to add something else for sweetness? if so what and how much?
you can make these without any dried fruit at all Jodie. they are still delicious, but not as sweet.
Hi Teresa
Can I just leave out the honey and dried fruit (for a diabetic-friendly version) or do I need to substitute it with something like apple puree?
Louisa
Hey Luisa, if you like you can omit the dates in the recipe and replace with prunes which have a lower sugar content, Also replacing honey with agave or apple puree is ideal
These were amazing! I didn’t have an orange so I just substituted a mandarin and I added some of the juice from it aswell. Also, There was a family crisis mid-way through the making of these and in the process I totally forgot to add the dates! Somehow, they made 20 instead of 8 too…
They were absolutely delicious though!
I made these this weekend and they are so yummy!