Blueberry Oatmeal Scone

Wow, two posts in one day, after months of no posts? This is too good to be true! Somebody pinch me!

I got this recipe from a vegan website. It was one of those recipes that were submitted to postpunkkitchen.com (or theppk.com) by the vegan community. I happened to have some blueberries, thus the blueberry oatmeal scones...

The following is the way I made it because of the ingredients I had available at the time. If you would like to see the original recipe, please take a look here (originally submitted to ppk.com by Kirsten Holliday).

I strongly recommend to use organic dairy product if you do use them. Believe it or not, the dairy cows actually suffer from filthy environment and usually would be abused quite a lot just because we want their milk. Organic dairy farms are usually family-run, and their way of raising the cows are more humane. Plus, organic milk is more healthy for you! Who knows what the dairy cows have been injected with...

PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes
BAKING TIME: 15 minutes
YIELD: 8 big scones

2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons natural cane sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder (preferably aluminum-free)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/3 cups vegan butter substitute, such as Earth Balance or even non-dairy margarine. It's important to use a butter sub rather than oil for texture. (I have used organic dairy butter)
1/2 cup organic plain yogurt
1/2 cup blueberries
3/4 cup plain Silk soy milk
3/4 cup rolled oats
some extra cane sugar

1. Combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. add in your butter / butter substitution, softened but not melted. Mix until the texture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Combine the yogurt, blueberries, and soy milk and mix well. Add all these at once to dry mixture we made at step 1.
3. Add the oats and stir the whole thing till just moistened.
4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a circle about 10 or so inches in diameter. Cut into 8 triangles (like you're cutting a pizza). If you are not trying to make the scones into any particular shape, just roughly divide the dough into 8 pieces and skip to the next step.
   
5. Place the scones onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle generously with the extra cane sugar.
6. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 15 minutes.

Source: theppk.com