I don’t think I’ve told all of you this, but I’m in the middle of doing Weight Watchers with my mom. AND I’ve lost just over 10 pounds
So exciting! I still have more to lose, but I’m excited with what I have done so far.
It’s so hard to find recipes for things that I love that fit into my “plan” – but these lemon blueberry scones taste SO good AND they don’t break my diet at all!
You definitely don’t need to be a skilled baker to make these either – there’s not too much involved!
Lemon Blueberry Scones
Adapted from All Recipes
Makes 14 scones
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup lemon yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (I used frozen, but when fresh are in-season then I use fresh blueberries)
In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients (dry ingredients).
In another bowl, combine the yogurt, egg and butter.
Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Fold in blueberries.
Drop by heaping tablespoonful’s 2 in. apart onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 16-18 minutes or until lightly browned.
If you’re NOT watching your calories/sugar, etc…then you can combine 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice with 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar to make a glaze to put on top of the scones once they have cooled down a little bit.
Enjoy your scones!
I personally love these fresh and warm. I usually lightly re-heat them in the days after I make them.
Nutritional Information (per scone):
| Calories | 135 |
| Fat | 3.75 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Sodium | 18 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 22 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.75 g |
| Sugar | 7.5 g |
| Protein | 3.2 g |
I use the Weight Watchers Points Plus System and each scone is only 3 points!
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Those scones look really delicious! Who says healthy can’t taste good?
Nicole@Show Off Friday Blog Hop recently posted..Show Off Friday Blog Hop, June 8, 2012
Yummm-o. Those look absolutely delish!
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Congratulations on losing 10 pounds, that’s a great accomplishment!
These scones look amazing, I’m definitely going to try them this week – thanks for sharing!
YUM! I’m doing WW as well and I love a good, low point treat! Can’t wait to try these. Thanks for sharing!
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Mmmm…. I love scones! Congratulations on your weight loss! -Marci
We LOVE these! The original recipe comes from Taste of Home – Cooking Lite. Anyway, we’ve successfully used white whole wheat flour in place of the all purpose and have swapped the 1/4 C melted butter for 2 T olive oil and 2 T applesauce, or just 3 T of olive oil. We’ve also successfully reduced the sugar to 1/4 C {flavored yogurt is super sweet!}. Those simple changes make an already great scone even better. Now that blueberry season is here, these are a regular occurrence at our house! I’m so glad you enjoy them too.
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Scones are probably the only breakfast that I truly enjoy. These look awesome.
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