anything scones

I admit it, this may be kinda intimidating if you hate cooking, but flour and sugar are cheap, so you might want to experiment. It'll be okay. You can pretend it's playdoh anyway. same ingredients without the chemical color.
A good hint is to read the recipe all the way through, first (It's versatile), and choose a flavor you prefer. It's good for using up leftover fruit, or impressing your sweetie (or future sweetie) with a quick breakfast when your kitchen is pretty empty.

Start with all the ingredients out on the counter. You also need a clean counter or large cutting board, two big spoons, a biggish mixing bowl, and a cookie tin/baking sheet.

Dry mix
In a bowl put:
For every 1 cup of flour:
3 TBsp of dry oats. NOT the powdery instant stuff that comes in paper bags.
2 TBsp of sugar
2 Tsp of Baking Powder
1 Tsp of Cinnamon

Wet Stuff
Your favorite flavor yogurt --but not the kind with fruit on the bottom. It can be low-fat. I usually go for Vanilla.

If you are using berries, cut bigger ones like strawberries into quarters. If you are using fruit, cut fruit into little chunks.Or use raisins. Golden raisins are especially good. Set aside.
Mix dry stuff together with a fork. Using a tablespoon (or any spoon if your confident) add two spoonfuls of yogurt. using a different spoon (unless you don't mind flour and stuff in your yogurt later), mix yogurt into dry stuff until it's kinda pasty.
Go wash your hands. they are going to get batter on them soon
Add another spoonful of yogurt. Mix. Pay attention to the texture of the stuff in the bowl. There should be some floury dry stuff, but mostly it should be in a mass. Add a little more yogurt if necessary. Err on the side of too-dry, because you can always add more yogurt.

Reach into the bag of flour and scoop a little into your hand. flour your hands so the dough won't stick to'em. Reach into the bowl with your flory hands and smoosh the dryish dough together. try to fold it over on itself. It should start to stick together and become a recognizable dough-like mass, instead of a pile of little floury bits. You may need a drop more yogurt to get it to stick together. It can be a little sticky, but it should want to stick to itself more than to your hands. You can sprinkle with flour if it's sticking to your hands and coming apart.

When it has become doughy, flour the clean counter or big cutting board. lift the dough onto the board and fold two more times. Fold and smoosh down. Fold and smoosh down. Then sprinkle one side with the fruit bits. Fold over. Smoosh. sprinkle with more, fold and smoosh. It'll probably be a bit stickier. you can
Roll dough into a ball. Smoosh into a circular patty about two inches thick. With a big smooth-edged knife, cut circle into wedges. Srpinkle wedges with a little sugar if you want.
Turn on oven to 350 degrees.
Grease baking sheet (unless its one of those fancypants nonstick kinds).
Put wedges onto sheet. they won't expand too much, so it's okay to put them sorta close. You chould be able to trace'em with your finger.

Yummy variations:
The Spice goes into the dry mix in the place of HALF of the cinnamon. (i.e.: New Spice{that's enough giggling you popculture queens}, plus1/2 tsp cinn. The Fruit goes into the dough after the dough has been smooshed fruitlessly (heh heh) a few times.

Fruit plus possibly additional Spice

Peach 1/2 tsp dry ginger

Pear 1/4 tsp Nutmeg

Apple

Golden Raisin

Bananna -which you should NOT try to dice and smoosh in, but rather mash it separately in a bowl and add before the yogurt.

and you can make up your own combinations, of course

back to the kitchen
back home

Dry mix In a bowl put: For every 1 cup of flour: 3 TBsp of dry oats. NOT the powdery instant stuff that comes in paper bags. 2 TBsp of sugar 2 Tsp of Baking Powder 1 Tsp of Cinnamon	Wet Stuff Your favorite flavor yogurt --but not the kind with fruit on the bottom. It can be low-fat. I usually go for Vanilla.
If you are using berries, cut bigger ones like strawberries into quarters. If you are using fruit, cut fruit into little chunks.Or use raisins. Golden raisins are especially good. Set aside. Mix dry stuff together with a fork. Using a tablespoon (or any spoon if your confident) add two spoonfuls of yogurt. using a different spoon (unless you don't mind flour and stuff in your yogurt later), mix yogurt into dry stuff until it's kinda pasty. Go wash your hands. they are going to get batter on them soon Add another spoonful of yogurt. Mix. Pay attention to the texture of the stuff in the bowl. There should be some floury dry stuff, but mostly it should be in a mass. Add a little more yogurt if necessary. Err on the side of too-dry, because you can always add more yogurt.
Reach into the bag of flour and scoop a little into your hand. flour your hands so the dough won't stick to'em.	Reach into the bowl with your flory hands and smoosh the dryish dough together. try to fold it over on itself. It should start to stick together and become a recognizable dough-like mass, instead of a pile of little floury bits. You may need a drop more yogurt to get it to stick together. It can be a little sticky, but it should want to stick to itself more than to your hands. You can sprinkle with flour if it's sticking to your hands and coming apart.
When it has become doughy, flour the clean counter or big cutting board. lift the dough onto the board and fold two more times. Fold and smoosh down. Fold and smoosh down. Then sprinkle one side with the fruit bits. Fold over. Smoosh. sprinkle with more, fold and smoosh. It'll probably be a bit stickier. you can Roll dough into a ball. Smoosh into a circular patty about two inches thick. With a big smooth-edged knife, cut circle into wedges. Srpinkle wedges with a little sugar if you want. Turn on oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking sheet (unless its one of those fancypants nonstick kinds). Put wedges onto sheet. they won't expand too much, so it's okay to put them sorta close. You chould be able to trace'em with your finger.
Yummy variations: The Spice goes into the dry mix in the place of HALF of the cinnamon. (i.e.: New Spice{that's enough giggling you popculture queens}, plus1/2 tsp cinn. The Fruit goes into the dough after the dough has been smooshed fruitlessly (heh heh) a few times.
Fruit	plus possibly additional Spice
Peach	1/2 tsp dry ginger
Pear	1/4 tsp Nutmeg
Apple
Golden Raisin
Bananna -which you should NOT try to dice and smoosh in, but rather mash it separately in a bowl and add before the yogurt.
and you can make up your own combinations, of course