Blueberry Scones
Low Fat Recipe - Fight the Fat!
By Fitness and Freebies
Fat free cream cheese adds moistness while low fat buttermilk, egg substitute and Smart balance cut down the fat. Whole wheat pastry flour adds nutrients to these tasty blueberry scones.
Recipe Ingredients
1 cup fat free cream cheese
6 tablespoons Smart Balance (trans fat free)
1 cup granulated fructose or evaporated cane juice crystals
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup lowfat buttermilk
2 large egg whites
1 cup Corn Flakes, crushed
1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen, unthawed blueberries
2 tablespoons cinnamon (optional topping)
Recipe Directions
Cream first four ingredients until fluffy. Add buttermilk and egg
whites, mix until well blended. Add in next four dry ingredients (do not
add berries yet). Fold gently only until all ingredients are evenly
blended together, may be a bit lumpy. Very gently fold in blueberries
last, careful not to over mix or break berries up to much. Scoop out
large heaping spoonful of dough onto a well oiled cookie sheet (or use
parchment paper). Flatten scone slightly with fork or bottom of glass
and sprinkle with optional cinnamon for a tasty topping.
Bake scones at 350-degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly browned on edges. Do not over bake these scones, they are best slightly under baked and they will dry out.
You can keep baked scones in freezer for 1 month, just tightly wrap them in baggies or airtight containers. This recipe works great for having fresh baked scones on-hand, just pull the frozen baked scones out, place in microwave for 30 seconds or in toaster oven until warmed.
Variation: If desired, you can use raspberries in place of blueberries.
Nutrition information per scone:
Yield: 10 large scones
Serving size: 1 scone
Calories: 120;
Total Fat: 4g;
Saturated Fat: 2g;
Cholesterol: 10mg;
Sodium: 100mg;
Total Carbohydrate: 19g;
Dietary Fiber: 1g;
Sugars: 6g;
Protein: 3g
Calories from Fat: 35
See also:
Blueberry Brownies
Blueberry Lemon Charlotte
Waffles With Spiced Blueberry Sauce
Multi-Grain Blueberry Pancake Mix
Blueberry-Peach Cobbler
