Yield: 12 servings
Skinny Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Scones
Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Scones are sweetened just to perfection studded with chocolate chips. Kind of like eating a giant chocolate chip cookie for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cold buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour (Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour (Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp chilled butter (must be cold cut into small pieces)
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- cooking spray
- 1 large egg white (lightly beaten)
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Combine the first four ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Cut in chilled butter with a pastry blender, or you could use 2 knives, until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Gently fold in chocolate chips. Add milk mixture, stirring just until moist.
- Place dough onto a floured surface and knead lightly four times with floured hands.
- Form dough into an 9-inch circle onto baking sheet, about 3/4" thick.
- Using a knife, cut dough into 12 wedges all the way through.
- Brush egg white over dough and sprinkle evenly with sugar.
- Bake until golden, about 18-20 minutes, depending on your oven. Serve warm.
Nutrition
Serving: 1scone, Calories: 199.5kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 3.5g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 24mg, Sodium: 257.5mg, Fiber: 2.5g, Sugar: 13g
Blue Smart Points: 8
Green Smart Points: 8
Purple Smart Points: 8
Points +: 5