Weight Watchers Peach Scones

TeresaS's Note:

This is out of a Weight Watchers cookbook called "Two's Company". I always double it and freeze them. DH gave them an excellent rating. They are easy to make and oh so good! 3 points per scone. Hope you enjoy! Update: Just made these again tonight. You can use any dried fruit like, apricots (my favorite), dates, raisins etc. I add the dried fruit to the flour mixture before adding the yogurt. I plan to make them with dried apples, adding a touch of cinnamon and topping them with cinnamon sugar. I also use 1/2 the sugar on top.

• Total Time: 29 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 scones

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 dash salt
• 1 tablespoon chilled butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, cut into small pieces
• 1/3 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 2 tablespoons chopped dried peaches
• cooking spray
• 1/2 teaspoon nonfat milk
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
3. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Add yogurt and dried peaches to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
5. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 4 or 5 times; dough may be slightly sticky.
6. Pat dough into a 5-inch circle on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
7. Cut circle into 4 wedges; separate wedges slightly.
8. Brush milk over dough and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
9. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden.

Reviews

[ducks5]

5 stars especially considering the low cal/fat of this recipe. Didn't have yogurt, so used sour cream and it worked great. Also used 1/3 of a large fresh peach diced.

[Annacia]

Amazing scones. They pack a lot of lovely peach flavor without a lot of fat. I used Splenda for the sugar, fat free plain yogurt with a small splash of pure vanilla extract and soft tub margarine. They are fluffy soft inside, moist and very tender. I must also say that I love that this recipe makes 4 because I always have to cut the bigger recipes back and as good as the Zaar conversion tool is I sometimes think that the results might be better if I didn't have to resize from 24 to 6. Thanks you Teresa for a great recipe that I will make over and over!

[Debbwl]

Was so glad the intro to this recipe said you can use any dried fruit you like as after I started making found that DH had eaten up the dried peaches. But I did have Fruit Bits which worked out very well and was still very tasty. I made using whole wheat flour and Splenda. We really liked that these scones were low fat, just the right amount for two and could be made using whatever dried fruit you are in the mood for. Thanks for the post, you know we will be enjoying again.