Skinny Cranberry Orange Scones
Author: Ruthie @ What's Cooking with Ruthie
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- 3¼ C flour
- 5 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ⅓ C butter, cold
- 4oz neufatchel cream cheese
- 1 egg
- ½ C light agave
- ¾ C lowfat milk
- ¼ C fresh orange juice
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 C dried cranberries
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut in butter and neufatchel cream cheese until resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl mix egg, agave, milk, orange juice, orange zest.
- Make a well in the flour and pour in liquid; stir just until moistened.
- Do not over mix.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth (will be sticky).
- Knead in cranberries until just combined.
- Shape into a circle a ½ inch thick.
- Slice into 8 wedges.
- Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on rack.
Recipe by The 36th AVENUE at https://www.the36thavenue.com/low-fat-scones/
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