Whole-Wheat Vegan Scones

For Lent I went vegan. Thus, I've been in search of many vegan recipes. I am sure they're bound to show up on this blog often. Besides the need for Lent, I enjoy cooking without animal products (it's also cheaper). Here's how I baked some whole-wheat oatmeal chocolate chip vegan scones, based on a recipe I found online somewhere.


Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1.5 cups oats (I didn't have enough oats, so I used 2 packs of instant maple & brown sugar oatmeal + 1/2 cup of organic quick oats)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar or honey (I omitted this since the instant oats have sugar already.)
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 tablespoons *margarine
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (could use also: apples, bananas, nuts, raisins - anything, even grated cheese if not vegan)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

1. Wisk soy milk, water, and vinegar until foamy; set aside.
2. In large bowl, mix dry ingredients well. Cut in margarine and mix until crumbly.
3. Add chips or fruit/nuts.
4. Stir in wet ingredients until just mixed.
5. With large wooden spoon, spoon mix onto parchment lined or well-greased baking sheet. Should make roughly 9-10 small scones.
6. Bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes, until scones are golden brown.

Tip: These scones are not sweet. If you make them with cheese, garlic, herbs or other savoury items, they would be excellent with soups and chilis. Mine tasted excellent with honey. You could always add more sugar to the mix. Also think spices: apples & cinnamon, candied ginger pieces, even icings if you've got a sweet tooth. Vanilla would be a nice touch as well.

*margarine is not technically vegan, but I'm not legalistic about this stuff. If you want pure vegan, check labels. Vegan marg does exist.