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Chocolate Chip-Cherry Scones

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 12
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These great-tasting scones have the best of both worlds: flavor and texture that only a little butter can provide and the nutrition of low-fat yogurt. Yum!
by Qué Rica Vida Cocina
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup firm margarine or butter
  • 2/3 cup Yoplait® Fat Free plain yogurt or Yoplait® 99% Fat Free creamy vanilla yogurt (from 2-lb container)
  • 1/2 cup dried cherries or cherry-flavored dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons coarse sugar

Directions

  •  
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
  •  
    2
    In medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in yogurt, cherries and chocolate chips (dough will seem dry and crumbly).
  •  
    3
    On lightly floured surface, shape dough into a ball. Knead dough lightly 10 times. Divide dough in half. On cookie sheet, pat each half of dough into 6-inch circle. Cut each circle into 6 wedges, using sharp knife, but do not separate wedges. Sprinkle with sugar.
  •  
    4
    Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Carefully separate wedges. Cool 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Expert Tips

  • tip 1
    You can use 1 (6-oz) container of Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free French vanilla yogurt instead of the yogurt in the recipe if you like.
  • tip 2
    Count to 10! Overkneading the dough will make your scones tough.

Nutrition Information

170 Calories, 4 1/2g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 30g Total Carbohydrate, 12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Scone
Calories
170
Calories from Fat
40
Total Fat
4 1/2g
7%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
7%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
280mg
12%
Potassium
105mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
30g
10%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
12g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

  • These great-tasting scones have the best of both worlds: flavor and texture that only a little butter can provide and the nutrition of low-fat yogurt. Yum!
  • Yoplait is a registered trademark of YOPLAIT MARQUES (France) used under license.
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