Scones--- Vaishti style

My friend Vaishti is an incredible woman. I met her first as a student teacher at work, but our common interest of food, dogs and family got us closer. For the past 2 years she has been fighting colon cancer valiantly! When I went to visit her yesterday, her whole house smelled of baking...lovely Blueberry scones that she let me try :) The original recipe came  from allrecipes.com. It  uses only all purpose flour, but she modified them so that they contain more fiber from whole wheat and more protein from the almond meal flour. Overall result...just delicious!

Ingredients

3/4 cup whole wheat
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 almond meal flour 
4 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1/2 cup butter cubed
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup blueberries or raisin/cranberry
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk

Directions

1. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon peel.
2. With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in all but 2 tablespoons of the nuts and the raisins. Mix in buttermilk with fork.
3. Gather the dough into a ball and knead for about 2 minutes on lightly floured board.
4. Roll or pat out 3/4 inch thick. With a chef's knife cut into 3 inch triangles. Place, spaced 1inch apart, on a greased baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining 1 tablespoon buttermilk; sprinkle with the remaining sugar and the nuts.
5. Bake in center of 425 degree F (220 degrees C) oven about 15 minutes or until nicely browned. Serve warm with butter or jam.