These Healthy Cranberry Scones are light, fluffy and can be eaten with less guilt!
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, yes, 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?
I thought I’d share one of my favorite {and healthy} recipes that pairs quite perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea. I make these often and they always seem to hit the spot. Healthy 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!
These scones are super easy to make and the cranberries can be substituted with raisins, cherries or any other dry fruit of choice. Doesn’t that make this recipe even more exciting?
Cranberry Scones
Ingredients
- Cooking Spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 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 400F. 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
What is your favorite scone?
Have a fantastic day… oh, and treat yourself to a scone!
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I am LOVD says
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!
Linda S says
There’s a substitute for buttermilk–milk and vinegar/lemon juice–so don’t let that stop you. My mom taught me that trick years ago. I don’t remember the proportions, and I’m away from home, so you might look that up.
Kelly Rowe says
Thanks Linda! That is good to know and a great tip! Appreciate you sharing. 🙂 xo.
Grace Lynne Fleming says
yum! I love cranberry scones!
grace
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jordyn says
mmm… my husband & i love scones! i will HAVE to make some of these! 🙂
D says
Thank you for hosting, I'm following along.
Jessie says
I love scones! These scones are really good if you add in a little orange zest also. So yummy 🙂
xo,
jessie
Jenna@The Life of the Wife says
Mmm Yummers! Cranberry? Scones? YES PLEASE!!
Thanks for sharing these!
Jenna
Eclectically Vintage says
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
{oc cottage} says
oh my! do those ever look yummy! thx!
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christine says
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
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
These are beautiful. They are WW???? So awesome. I'll be making these sometime for sure!
Erin says
I'll have to try these! I'm on WW right now 🙂
How to Nest for Less says
YUMMY! Just call me when your next batch is ready and I'll pop over 🙂 Thanks for linking up!
thistlewoodfarm says
You always have the best recipes….I just pinned this!
blessings,
karianne
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says
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
Emily @ 52 Mantels says
Pinned this for future reference! Yummy!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I love a good scone! Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe at Taking A Timeout Thursday!
Sandi says
I always get a cup of tea at Starbucks! I love any kind of scone also. Thanks for the recipe. Hugs,
Kelly Rowe says
Thanks for stopping by Sandi! A cup of tea and scone are a great combination. You’ll have to give these a try. You won’t be disappointed. 🙂 Have a great evening. xo.
kristi says
these look delicious! and healthy, too! what a nice bonus!
Kelly Rowe says
Thanks Kristi! Hope you’ll give them a try. You won’t be disappointed. 🙂 HUGS.