Recipe - Oatmeal-Raisin Scones

1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Quickcooking; (not instant)
oats
1/3 cup Granulated sugar
1 tablespoon Plus One half teaspoon baking pow
der
One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths teaspoon Ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One half cup Unsalted butter (1 stick);
cut in 1/2" chunks
1/3 cup Fatfree milk
1 Egg
One half cup Golden raisins

Recipe by: St. Louis PostDispatch 12/1/97 Stir together flour, oats,
sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger and nutmeg in bowl or food processor.
Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.

Beat together milk and egg in cup and pour over flour mixture. Stir until
dough is damp. (It will be stiff.) Stir in raisins.

Gather dough into ball and place on greased baking sheet. Flatten to 9inch
circle. Cut into 8 pieshaped wedges. Using spatula, pull each wedge out to
allow 1 inch between wedges. Chill 30 minutes while preheating oven to 400
degrees.

Bake until scones are golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.
Serve warm or at room temperature.

Yield: 8 scones.

Note: Leftover scones should be frozen. To serve, place on baking sheet and
warm at 300 degrees for 10 minutes. Do not microwave or texture will be
rubbery.

By Bev Bennett.

MC formatted/busted by Martha Hicks 4/98

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Megabytes" megabytes@email.msn.com on
Apr 4, 1998