How To Make Low Fat Strawberry Scones
These strawberry scones are a great way to use freshly harvested strawberries! It’s a tasty and healthy treat to help you start your day right.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupfresh strawberries,cut into small pieces
- 1cupall purpose flour
- 1cupwhole wheat flour
- ¼cupsugar,plus 1 tsp for topping
- ¼tspsalt
- 2tspbaking powder
- ¼cupbutter,frozen, half stick
- ¾cupsbuttermilk,cold, 1% light
- 1tspvanilla
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Mix the strawberries with 1 tablespoon of sugar, then set aside.
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In a large bowl, mix the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
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Using the large holes of a cheese grater, grate the frozen butter into the flour.
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Mix well with the flour.
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In a medium bowl, mix the buttermilk and vanilla.
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Using a fork, slowly stir in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, until all the mixture is moistened. Do not over work the dough.
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Fold in the strawberries.
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Line a cookie sheet with a Silpat or parchment paper.
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Drop 8 equal large spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
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Bake in the center rack for 18 minutes.
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Remove and let cool for about 5 minutes.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 200.29kcal
- Fat: 6.54g
- Saturated Fat: 3.86g
- Trans Fat: 0.23g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.61g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.49g
- Carbohydrates: 31.87g
- Fiber: 2.41g
- Sugar: 8.44g
- Protein: 4.54g
- Cholesterol: 16.17mg
- Sodium: 203.74mg
- Calcium: 123.68mg
- Potassium: 137.60mg
- Iron: 1.49mg
- Vitamin A: 51.93µg
- Vitamin C: 11.40mg
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