Autumn Scones

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 sift the flour into a large bowl and mix in the next eight ingredients until well combined. the result should have the appearance of coarse meal.
• 3 in a separate bowl, whisk the egg with the buttermilk and vanilla extract.
• 4 mix into dry ingredients with honey.
• 5 flour a cutting board or clean countertop and pour out the resulting sticky mixture.
• 6 knead, adding more flour until the batter becomes a dough.
• 7 roll to desired thickness with a rolling pin and cut out circles of dough using a 3" diameter cookie cutter or the mouth of a collins glass. place scones on a cookie sheet lined with foil paper and sprayed with non-stick spray.
• 8 repeat process with remaining cutaways until there isn't enough to make another scone.
• 9 bake for 20 minutes.