Low Fat Blueberry Scones
Fresh, warm, blueberry scones make a perfect Sunday morning breakfast along with a cup of hot tea. Blueberries are considered a super fruit and are rich in antioxidants. This easy recipe is adapted from What Matters Most. These scones came out light and fluffy, and the aroma of fresh baked goodness filled my home. (Hubby ate 3!!)
Low Fat Blueberry Scones
Total Time: 45 mins
Fresh, warm, blueberry scones make a perfect Sunday morning breakfast along with a cup of hot tea. Blueberries are considered a super fruit and are rich in antioxidants.
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 half stick cup frozen butter
- 3/4 cups light buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
- Using the large holes of a cheese grater, grate the frozen butter into the flour. Mix well with flour.
- In a medium bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg and vanilla.
- 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. Fold in the blueberries.
- Line a cookie sheet with a Silpat, or parchment paper. Drop large spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet (to avoid tough scones, do not press or compact).
- Bake in the center rack 18 minutes. Remove and let them cool about 5 minutes before eating.
Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 1scone, Calories: 216kcal
Blue Smart Points: 7
Green Smart Points: 6
Purple Smart Points: 7
Points +: 6
I think she means 1/4 cup because it is equal to half of a stick.Â
Also confused on the butter. A quarter of a half stick of a cup of frozen butter? Also, does anyone know why this comes out to less points on the green plan but more on the other two?
Hello. The description for the amount of butter needed is confusing. How much is needed?
“1/4 half stick cup butter”
This is equal to approx 2 tablespoons? (1/4 of a half cup?)
Still no reply?? Â I have the same question.
Would regular milk work instead of buttermilk?
When you need buttermilk in a recipe just add a teaspoon or so of vinegar or lemon juice to your milk, stir, let it set and thicken/curdle for a minute or few.Â
3/4 cup buttermilk = 2 1/4 teaspoons lemon juice* + enough milk to fill to 3/4-cup line.
Can also use white vinegar instead of lemon juice
recently converted to veganism. One of the things i missed was this recipe.. then i thought lets veganize this recipe.. omg taste just as good.. so happy im still able to enjoy your recipes with just small tweaks..
These are so easy and yummy! How could I make these lemon blueberry?
Great recipe. I used white whole wheat flour and plain kefir in place of the buttermilk. they came out great!
So very good. Huge hit with my family. Great tip shredding the frozen butter. Will definitely make next time we have overnight guests.
Looking forward to trying many more of your awesome recipes!
I made these as written. Delicious. They came out light and fluffy but not crumbly like you expect of the scones. The texture was more like drop biscuit. Is that what they should be like? Or did I mess them up somehow.
Sorry if this has been asked but can you make be dough ahead of time? The night before?
its best to make and bake.
Thank you Gina! This is just one of your many amazing recipes. Happy Mother’s Day to you. ?
Thank you!
Hi Gina
I LOVE this recipe. I have made it using blueberries which were delicious but today I tried used cut up frozen strawberries in place of the blueberries and I even made a mistake of how to make these scones and I made it more like a cake batter no thinking nor reading your directions but I creamed the sugar and butter soft butter no less and than add half the flour than the buttermilk, vanilla and egg and the rest of the flour. I was almost going to throw out this batter but said lets bake it and see just what will happen and GINA your recipes are very forgiving as they came out AMAZING. THANKS for all these great recipes. I love getting your emails with all the recipes . And I am always looking forward to see what you are making next.
Thank you Lorraine.
Great!!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! Needed something a bit Brittishy and these totally fit the bill. I didn’t have any buttermilk, so I used some left over whey from straining my nonfat yogurt and my blueberries were frozen (just tossed them with a bit of flour before mixing them in). These were so easy, I made mini ones since I had to have at least 20. PERFECT!! Love your recipes, they are healthier without compromise and easy to fit into a busy mom’s schedule.
Great! Thank you!
Like some I tweaked a bit. Almond milk because I didn’t have butter milk. Very good and moist!
I just made a version of these – but I used 1/2 cup egg whites – and 1 cup of low fat Greek yogurt instead of butter milk. I did not add butter to the mix, but bushed it on top (about 1/2 the amount).
Totally light and fluffy good!
Super helpful, thanks!
hi gina i dont have buttermilk, but light sour cream would that work and would it change the pts thank you so much made your chicken parm today was great my company didnt no it was a ww meal thaks for all your great recipes peggy
Made these last night. I actually disregarded the "do not compact" and formed into a loose ball and flattened a little with my hand. I cut them into triangles and they came out well. More like a biscuit or muffin? I used frozen berries as well.
I used half whole wheat flour and vanilla soymilk instead of buttermilk. Baked for 15 mins, turned out nice and soft in the middle. Delicious. Next time will try cinnamon and no blueberries.
Hey Gina!
I recently tried your chocolate chip scone recipe and they turned out great! My husband is a HUGE blueberry fan though so I was checking out this recipe and noticed some differences between the two scone recipes. Since this is a 2008 recipe, I wanted to see if you had any updated tips on this particular recipe or if you recommend sticking to the choc. chip recipe and just adding fresh blueberries instead?
Thanks for all your hard work!
i just made these and i didnt have any butter milk so i used lite sour cream and they are just awesome!
I made these for a brunch this morning and they are delicious, the texture is lovely – however, I had to add a splash more buttermilk in order to be able to get all the dry worked in (maybe my flour is a touch more thirsty than what you used).
i plan to make these this weekend! im going to add some lemon zest for some tang! thanks for the recipe!
I just made these and they came out really nicely! Not too baking-powdery or anything like that (although I did skimp on that measurement so probably did only 3/4 of a tablespoon rather than the full one). I did half whole wheat flour and used coconut palm sugar instead of white. They're very delicious and have a good scone texture. I also whipped up some home made lemon curd while they were baking (it takes only about 10-12 minutes!), and the tangy-sweetness goes perfectly with the more nutty flavor of the whole wheat scone, and of course lemon and blueberry is heaven together.
These are fantastic…very light and fluffy….I used splena instead of sugar and added about 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips……really yummy…..I want to eat more but am on weight watchers….ugh
I just made these and they are awesome!!!! Very fluffy!
Scones from the coffee shop are one of my biggest weaknesses when I am trying to lose weight. I made this recipe last weekend and LOVED THEM. This definitely fed my sweet craving and kept my diet on track! Can't wait to try your other scone recipes as well.
Made these this am with whole wheat flour. They came out delicious. Thanks for another great recipe.
Thank you for the great recipes! My family and I really enjoyed these.
made this recipe yesterday for my brothers birthday. He loves them ! Keep up the good work i love your recipes.
I'm not sure, but since making this recipe, I have a new favorite. Look at the pomegranate scones recipe, it's my new favorite, great with blueberries too!
I was worried about the 1 tbsp of baking powder (that just sounds like a ton! Plus another reviewer said it tasted like baking powder…yuck!), so I put about the same amounts of both baking soda and powder. They tasted delicious, but the texture was definitely not scone-like. Not crumbly at all. It was more like a Southern biscuit. Would the reduced baking powder really affect the texture that much?
I can't find light buttermilk in my area. All they have is fat-free. What should I do? I know if I lighten these too much more, they won't be as good!
I love these scones! When you have time, it would be great if you could add the nutritional info for points plus calculation. Thanks!
I made these but is it really 1 tbsp of baking powder? because it was really prominent and I ended up having to throw them out =(
Are you using aluminum-free baking powder? It is well worth the slight increase in price, for the difference in taste.
@ Mallory:
i made this with 1 cup whole wheat flour, and 1 cup unbleached flour, and the came out amazing! still light and fluffy 🙂
Has anyone made this with whole wheat flour? Just curious if the taste would be as good. Thanks!
Absolutely!!
Gina, I'd love to make these, but don't have the fresh blueberries. Would frozen blueberries work just as well?
how many calories per serving?
Love your blog, and your recipes, I will try those scones they sound great. My DH has been diagnoses with diabetes 2 so I now have to search out recipes with low carbs for him. That is what they told him to check not the sugar. I am a WW so it is getting pretty tricky cooking LOL. I see that you are in Oceanside I love the Jersey Shore and visit friends their every summer. Thanks for your great recipes. I will add your link to my blog.
Glad you like the blog!
To calculate, I figure out the total points for each ingredient, then divide the total by the amount of servings.
How do you calculate points in a recipe?
I tweaked your recipe a little and I don't know to change the points.
The changes are:
1 cup each of white flour and whole wheat flour.
1/4 cup of Splenda
1/4 stick of Land of Lakes Light butter (50% less fat)
I love your blog! Hubby is also enjoying the WW recipes!
Gina,I love your site but,I am told by Weight Watchers that we can’t have points that are for instance 4.5 points we have to go to the highest number which would be 5 points.I just started WW 3 weeks ago,I lost almost 11 lbs.doing their new program momentum,I am doing pretty good.I cook alot like you.Are you Italian?I ask because I make some of your Italian style dshes and I am Italian.Keep up the good work,I gave your website out to loads of ww members.
Gloria
Hi Gina,
Thanx my friend for your support! You are right, EC is too much drama sometimes. Thanks for keep visiting me, you are great. I’ll be keeping visiting you too!
Have a nice weekend!
Hi Gina,
Scones are so great and this recipe contains few fat !! Wow, amazing!
I’d like to tell you that I stopped using Entrecard today. I would like to thank you so much for all your drops in the past period! You are great!
I will keep visiting you frequently because I love your site and recipes!
I added a link to your site on my blogroll and I hope we can stay in contact my fiend.
Have a nice evening.
I am such a scone addict and these look absolutely amazing. I will definitely have to try these out. Just in case you’re in the market for another low fat scone recipe…Chocolate and Zicchini has a great one
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2004/02/yogurt_scones.php
I love scones!! I would be tempted to eat 3, too!!