Oatmeal Scones

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut up
• 2/3 cup fat-free buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fat-free buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Preparation

1. 1. Bake oats in a 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan at 400° for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
2. 2. Combine oats and next 5 ingredients.
3. 3. Cut butter into oats mixture with a pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Stir together 2/3 cup buttermilk and egg. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened and dough forms.
4. 4. Turn dough out onto a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Shape dough into a 7 1/2-inch circle.
5. 5. Combine 3 Tbsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Brush dough with 1 1/2 Tbsp. buttermilk. Sprinkle with sugar mixture and pecans.
6. 6. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cut into 8 wedges; serve immediately.