Banana Nut Scones

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oatmeal, preferably large flake but quick oats will work
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed (optional)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 banana, ripe, mashed
• 1/4 cup cinnamon baking chips
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup milk (or more, if necessary)
• turbinado sugar or demerara sugar, for sprinkling on top
• oats, for sprinkling on top

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400.
• 2 mix dry ingredients together (oatmeal, flours, baking powder, cinnamon). stir oil into dry ingredients well. add cinnamon chips and walnuts and stir. in a clear measuring cup, add mashed banana, milk to 3/4 cup (banana plus milk should equal 3/4 cup), and vanilla. combine wet and dry ingredients; stir until the dry ingredients are damp.
• 3 drop dough onto parchment paper lined or greased baking sheet, and form into a 5" diameter circle. cut into four triangles - it's ok to leave them in a circle. sprinkle with oats and sugar.
• 4 bake at 400 for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.