I just whipped up some cranberry scones.
Would you like one with your coffee?
I love swinging by Starbucks and grabbing a skinny latte and a scone or piece of coffee cake. Yes, I have a coffee addiction and yep, I would do it every day if I could {giggle}. Now I’m curious. If you were to head to your local coffee shop, what would you order? Coffee? Tea? Scone? Cake? Cake Pop?
Today I thought I’d share one of my favorite {and healthy} recipes that pairs quite perfectly with a cup of coffee. I make these often and they always seem to hit the spot. Cranberry Scones. It’s a wonderful breakfast food, mid-morning snack or a wonderful dessert served with coffee or tea. The best part of all is that it only has 4 Points in the new Weight Watchers Points Plus program. {Love} it!
It’s super easy and guilt free, you can’t beat that. The cranberries can be substituted with raisins, cherries or any other dry fruit of choice. Doesn’t that make this recipe even more exciting? {giggle}
Ingredients
Cooking Spray
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 tsp table salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400? F. Coat a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar; mix well and set aside. In another bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk and melted butter. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined; fold in cranberries.
- Drop 12 equal two-inch mounds of batter on prepared cookie sheet about 1-inch apart. Bake until tops just start to turn golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Yields 1 scone per serving. WW Points Plus Value: 4 Points.
Notes
You can use any dried fruit you like such as strawberries, blueberries, raisins, cherries.
Have a fantastic day… oh, and treat yourself to a scone!
About Kelly Rowe
Kelly, I was so excited because I had all the ingredients, that is until I got down to buttermilk – shoot! And we've declared today Pajama Day so I'm not going any where:-) I'm looking up a substitute – I think if I add vinegar to regular milk, it should be ok, but I'll let you know!
yum! I love cranberry scones!
grace
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mmm… my husband & i love scones! i will HAVE to make some of these!
Thank you for hosting, I'm following along.
I love scones! These scones are really good if you add in a little orange zest also. So yummy
xo,
jessie
Mmm Yummers! Cranberry? Scones? YES PLEASE!!
Thanks for sharing these!
Jenna
I should not be reading this at 7pm – now I'm starving!! They look amazing. Thanks for stopping by so I could find you. What's not to like about another Kelly who's an identical twin (I have 12 year old identical twin girls)!! GFC & Linky follower.
Kelly
oh my! do those ever look yummy! thx!
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Gasp! This is perfect! Sometime I just want something carb-ish for breakfast, since I'm on WW too. Thanks for stopping by my little blog. I appreciate it! I'll be stopping by again to check for more WW recipes
Christine
These are beautiful. They are WW???? So awesome. I'll be making these sometime for sure!
I'll have to try these! I'm on WW right now
YUMMY! Just call me when your next batch is ready and I'll pop over
Thanks for linking up!
You always have the best recipes….I just pinned this!
blessings,
karianne
Looks very good! We have our Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday Link Party going on now and would love for you to share this! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/02/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link_23.html
Pinned this for future reference! Yummy!
I love a good scone! Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe at Taking A Timeout Thursday!
Hi. I am a real ‘Sconnoisseur’ and I am setting up a source for everything to do with scones. If you would like to add recipes or add your favourite location for eating scones, have a look at the Scone Advisor website.
Cheers
Jock
Hi Jock! What a fabulous idea
I’ll be sure to swing by and see what I can contribute! Have a fabulous day.