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Follow this recipe for oaty scones, served with fresh fruit instead of jam and full of wholesome goodness and nourishment.

OAT SCONE WITH CRÈME FRAICHE AND FRESH RASPBERRIES
Time taken: 25 minutes, plus 10 minutes baking.

PHASE 1: 3 minutes

Place in front of you the following equipment:

• 1 large mixing bowl
  1 flour sieve
  a knife
  set of scales
  table  spoon
  tea cup and fork
  rolling pin 
  baking sheet
  scone cutter 8 centimetres in diameter.

PHASE 2: 4 minutes

Place the following ingredients on your working surface:

• 300 grams of self raising flour, white or wholemeal
  75 grams of porridge oats
  I level teaspoon of baking powder
  11o grams of butter
  3 level tablespoons of demerera sugar
  1 egg
  6 tablespoons of milk.

PHASE 3: Method : 15 minutes( plus 10 minutes baking)

Preheat your oven at 180 C( fan assisted, 190 C if not).
Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt in the bowl, this will incorporate air into the flour and make the scones lighter.

Add the oats, mixing gently with a spoon. Add the butter cut up into small chunks  and with your fingertips gently rub the butter into the flour and oats, until you no longer have any visible lumps of butter. Add the sugar and mix in gently. Beat the egg and 3 tablespoons of milk in a cup with a fork, add to the flour mixture as well as 3 more tablespoons of milk. Mix gently with a fork until the mixture holds together, then gather it with your hands, place it on a lightly floured surface and roll it no less than 4 centimetres high. Use the scone cutter to cut out 4 to 5 scones, re roll the rest of the mixture to cut out a couple more.

Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, the scones are done if they spring back when pressed gently with the finger.
Cool on a rack, then serve with crème fraiche and fresh raspberries.

FREEZER NOTES:
These freeze well. Split the scones in half before freezing. The halves can be toasted straight from the freezer.

HEALTH NOTES:
Oats are a wonderful source of fibre and of slowly digested starch, which wards off hunger. Raspberries are a good source of sulphur, an essential mineral for our body, known as the beauty mineral, it counteracts ageing and old age complaints such as arthritis.