Gather together:

• 3 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 cup of quick cook oats (plus a bit for sprinkling)
• 2 TBSP of baking powder
• 2 TBSP of sugar
• 1 pound of cold diced butter
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1/2 cup of real maple syrup (doesn’t taste the same if it isn’t real)
• 4 beaten eggs
• 1 egg beaten with a little milk for an egg wash
• Glaze with 1/4 cup icing sugar, 1/2 cup maple syrup and 1 tsp vanilla

The dough stores great in the fridge to bake as needed or you can preheat your oven to 400 deg F if you’re baking them today.

1. Combine flours, oats, baking powder, and sugar.
2. Add in cold butter and mix until butter is pea-sized.
3. Mix milk, syrup and eggs, then add to the flour/butter mixture.
4. Mix until just combined, it will be sticky.
5. Roll out to about 1” thick. You’ll see bits of butter in the dough – it’s going to be so good!
6. Cut into rounds and put on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. At this point, you can either refrigerate for a few days and bake as needed or you can brush the tops with egg wash then pop in the oven and bake until tops are crisp – about 20 minutes depending on the size and your oven.
8. Make the glaze and drizzle cooled (5-10 min) scones with the glaze and a sprinkle of oats for a garnish.

We had friends visit last month and these were a huge hit at the brunch we hosted. What fun to put on a brunch. Cranberry harvest muffins, banana bread, orange pound cake, scones, fritatta, juice, home smoked pork loin, shaped butters…I’ll share more recipes from our brunch. Keep your eyes open.

These scones are so delish for breakfast, brunch or any time!

• This post links to Mouthwatering Mondays, Tasty Tuesday, and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Delicious Oatmeal Maple Scones is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Oatmeal Bread

This recipe is simple and easy; two of my favorite words! It was shared with me by a childhood friend that I recently reconnected with. It’s her mothers. Thanks Amanda & Mrs. Nissley!

• 1 C rolled oats (not instant or quick oats)
• 2 C boiling water
• 1 Tbsp margarine/butter
• salt
• 1 Pkg yeast
• 1/4 C molasses
• 1/4 C corn syrup
• 5 C flour

Pour boiling water over oats, salt and margarine. Mix and let stand till lukewarm. Meanwhile prepare yeast (if you use bulk yeast add 2 1/4 tsp yeast to 1/4 cup of lukewarm water and a sprinkle or sugar). Once oats have soaked up all water and are lukewarm, add the molasses, corn syrup and the yeast. Stir well. Add the flour a cup or 2 at a time. Once mixed, knead for a few minutes. Cover and let rise till double (45 minutes – 1 hr). Punch, put in pans {or shape into buns}, let rise another 20 minutes then turn on the oven to 375C. When ready, bake for about 30 minutes.

• This post links to Mouthwatering Mondays, Tastebud Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday,and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Oatmeal Bread is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Veal Veggie Braise

DH got a great deal on bone-in veal blade chops the other day so I made up a batch of this delish dish. It’s adapted from an ossa buco pine nut recipe by Mario Batali.

I’m off lately with taking pics. I did take a picture of the carrots I ran out to the garden to pick for the recipe but that’s it. Just use your imagination!

• veal-bone in chops (our family eats one but that’s 2 adults and two small tots)
• salt and pepper
• 1 carrot
• 1 small onion
• 1 rib of celery
• 5 medium potatoes
• 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 cup of tomato sauce (or make your own with a 28 oz can of tomatoes, simmered with some sautéed onion, garlic and shredded carrot in olive oil, salt, pepper and a hint of thyme.)
• 1 cup chicken stock (or turkey which is what I used this week since it’s what I happened to have in the fridge)

Preheat oven to 375 deg F.

Season veal on both sides well with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven (we love our Le Cruset!) heat olive oil on medium and brown meat on all sides. About 10 minutes. Remove veal and set aside.

Add veggies and thyme to put and cook for about 10 minutes to brown and slightly soften. Add tomato sauce and stock. Bring to a boil then place meat back in pot.

Cover tightly and put in the oven for 2-3 hours and cook until meat is falling off the bone.

Simple Flaky Biscuits

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4lb (1 stick) of butter (super cold!!)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup cream
• Egg for egg wash

Combine dry ingredients in bowl of electric mixer. Add cold chopped butter and mix on low until butter is pea-sized. Chunks of butter = flaky biscuit.

Add milk/cream {if you don’t have cream just add 3/4 cup milk, half and half or whatever you have}. Mix on low until just comes together.

Working quickly so butter chunks don’t melt, roll out and use a metal cookie cutter (we like hearts) to cut out 2 1/2” shapes about 1/2” thick. Mix egg with a tbsp of water and brush on the tops of the biscuits.

Bake at 375 deg F. Arrange on pan and bake until bottoms are golden brown.

Adapted from Ina Garten’s recipe, these are sure to please!

A Party!

Chloe woke up feeling a little off. When I offered the suggestion that perhaps it was Ina’s birthday (her cabbage patch) today, she ran with the idea. It had to be Jeffery’s birthday too then. That would be John’s cabbage patch. We had this delightful meal, in party hats, and finished it off with a chocolate cake (recipe coming) complete with a candle for Jeffery and one for Ina. The meal made daddy happy and the cake/candle combo made Chloe and John happy. What a great day!

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• This post links to Mouthwatering Mondays, Tasty Tuesday,and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday
• Random Information: Chloe received her cabbage patch for Christmas 2 years ago. She came with a birth certificate bearing the name Ina. (It’s in a drawer upstairs and I didn’t check to see when her actual birthday is.) Her name was easy to remember since I adore Ina Garten and have all her cookbooks. John got his cabbage patch off kijiji and since he was nameless, we named him after Ina’s (Barefoot Contessa) husband, Jeffery.

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Veal Veggie Braise and Simple Biscuits is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Today I had the privilege of doing an Epicure party with my sister as the Hostess. We had a chocolate themed party and it was a lot of fun (and tasty!!). But would you believe I burned the chocolate dips for the fruit? Talk about a disaster! Thankfully we had cookies and brownies to fall back on

Epicure’s Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies

• 2 cups (500 ml) oats
• 1/2. cup (125 ml) shredded coconut
• 4 heaping tsp (20-25 ml) Epicure’s Pure Cocoa
• 1/2. tsp (2.5 ml) salt
• 1 tsp (5 ml) Epicure’s Vanilla Extract
• 1/4. cup (60 ml) Epicure’s Milk Belgian Chocolate
• 1/2. cup (125 ml) butter
• 1/2. cup (125 ml) milk
• 2 cups (500 ml) granulated sugar

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients.
2. Place butter, milk and sugar in Epicure’s 12-cup Multi-Purpose Pot and place over medium heat. Whisk to combine.
3. When butter mixture starts to boil, set a timer for 5 minutes and whisk occasionally.
4. Remove from heat and add dry ingredients to hot liquid, stirring quickly to combine.
5. Using a Tbsp (15 ml) measure, immediately drop cookies onto Epicure’s Parchment Paper and allow to cool completely, about 5-10 minutes.

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Weight Watcher Points per cookie = 3, Calories 130, Fat 5 g (Saturated 3 g, Trans 0 g), Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 65 mg, Carbohydrate 19 g (Fibre 1 g, Sugars 15 g), Protein 1 g

Just a reminder that Epicure Products can be purchased online (Consultant: Jennifer VanderPloeg) or directly through me.

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies (3pt) is a post from Beautiful Calling.