Maple Oat Scones

Name: Maple Oat Scones
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients: 3-½ cups FOR THE SCONES:; 1 cup All-purpose Flour; 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour; 2 Tablespoons Quick Cooking Oats; 2 Tablespoons Baking Powder; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1 pound Ground Cinnamon; ½ cups Cold Butter Cubed; ½ cups Cold Buttermilk Or Sour Milk; 4 whole Pure Maple Syrup; 3 cups Eggs; ¼ cups FOR THE GLAZE:; 1 teaspoon Confectioners Sugar; 2 Tablespoons Pure Maple Syrup

Buttery, lightly maple flavored scones. Makes about thirty 2″ size scones.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

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Why it works: Wheat and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 537 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Maple Oat Scones

Serves 30

Prep15 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1194Calories

41 gProtein

37 gFat

175 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Sour Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together537 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Wheat + oatstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,394 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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