Jam Dot Oat Scones

We Be Jammin’

These jam filled oat scones are easy enough to pull together in an under-caffeinated fog. Scones that bake to buttery perfection in under 15 minutes, and then get topped with a heaping spoonful of jam. Breakfast is served!

What is a Scone, Exactly?

Scones are a sweetened biscuit—plain and simple. But we take this scone recipe one step further by including a cup’s-worth of nutty and fiber-rich quick oats, which give a wondreful nutty richness as well as a bit of texture. We also scoop in a creamy heap of vanilla yogurt, and top the finished scone with generous spoonfuls of fruit jam, making this quite possibly the best scone recipe you’ll find.

How to Make Jame Scones

This recipe for homemade jam scones came via the way many favorite recipes do—passed down by a friend-of-a-friend to a friend to another friend, who told us they originated in the Camano Island kitchen of the Inn at Barnum Point’s inn keeper and owner, Carolin. These oat scones might be the best scones we’ve ever had. Here's how to make them:

• Flex those muscles and cut the butter into the flour mixture. Better yet, challenge the kiddos to see how quickly they can smash the clumps of butter into the size of peas.
• Add a generous scoop of vanilla yogurt (you could even call these vanilla scones—the flavor really comes through), stir in the oats, and bake.
• Now, the fun part! Hot from the oven, use the back of a spoon to create an indent atop each baked scone. We have no idea why we get such great pleasure from this part of the recipe, but guessing you’ll enjoy it, too.
• Once cool, fill the little well with any jam you want. Heck, use every jam in your fridge for a rainbow-hued brunch display.
• Voila! Berry scones. Or apricot scones. Or whichever-type-of-jam scones!

What Type of Jam Is Best For Oatmeal Scones?

We’ve made these oat scones with homemade, homegrown raspberry jam, and we’ve made it using Costco organic strawberry jam and every single time they have disappeared just about as fast as we can make them. So really, you really can’t go wrong. Boysenberry, tart cherry, or even lemon curd, these jammy wonders are delicious no matter the topping.

Tools You’ll Need to Make Our Drop Scones:

You don’t need much to make these oatmeal scones, in fact, we’re guessing even the least-equipped kitchen can accommodate this recipe.

• Favorite mixing bowl.
• A pastry cutter is a really handy tools for this, although two butter knives also would also work just fine.
• Wooden spoon. Or really anything you can use to create an indent atop the warm scone.

Hosting a Big Brunch?

Create the ultimate brunch spread by serving up our jam dot oat scones with a few other breakfast faves:

• Pack in the protein with our Turkey Breakfast Patties.
• These make-ahead Breakfast Egg Muffins are delish either hot or room-temp.
• Quinoa for breakfast? Our Six Ingredient Breakfast Quinoa will have you looking at the salad staple in a whole new light

Ready to Jam?

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