1 ⅜cupsoat flour(160 grams; 1 cup + 3 tablespoons by volume)
½cupbrown sugar(100 grams)
1tablespoonbaking powder
¾teaspoontable salt
½teaspoonbaking soda
8tablespoonsbutter(113 grams)
½cupchocolate chips(85 grams)
¾cupyogurt(170 grams)
1 ½tablespoonsvanilla(22 grams)
Topping
3tablespoonsbrown sugar(45 grams)
Instructions
Mix together flour, oat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
Cut your stick of butter into small cubes. Use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour until small pieces form. Stir in chocolate chips.
Use a fork to mix in the vanilla and almost all the yogurt, reserving a little in case the dough needs it. Mix only as much as needed for ingredients to be moistened. Although a little leftover dry mixture is fine, add more yogurt (or milk) 1 tablespoon at a time, if the mixture doesn't stick together.
Divide the dough into 2 balls and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. (If the dough is sticky, use extra flour on your work surface.) Knead the dough 6-7 times by folding it in half; this is how I usually work the tiny bit of dry ingredients into the dough.
Pat the dough into discs about 6 inches wide and 1 inch tall. Pat 1 ½ tablespoons of brown sugar onto the top of each disc, then cut each disc into 8 wedges.
Separate the wedges and place on a parchment- or silicone mat-lined baking sheet. Bake at 375F for 14-18 minutes, until golden brown along the edges. A toothpick inserted into the scone (but not a chocolate chip) will come out clean, but the scones will be soft if pressed.
Make Ahead
Shape, top scone dough with brown sugar, and cut. Separate wedges of dough and freeze. Place frozen scones in a freezer bag; store for 1-2 months.
Bake the frozen scones from frozen at 375F for 16-20 minutes.
Notes
To use ground oats instead of oat flour: measure out 2 cups (160 grams) of rolled oats, then grind them in a bullet blender or food processor. 2 cups of rolled oats = 1 ½ cups homemade ground oats = 160 grams or 1 ⅜ cups of oat flour.If your dough is too sticky, coat the dough with a little flour before kneading.I weigh my ingredients when making this; cup measurements are approximate. Calorie count is an estimate only.