Prep Time |
Cook Time |
Total Time |
Makes |
Calories |
20 min. |
25 min. |
45 min. |
8 |
0 |
Low-Fat King Cake Scones
These scones are made with a similar king cake texture but without a lot of dairy and butter. Feel free to make them vegan by omitting the Greek yogurt and buttermilk and replacing each with your favorite non-dairy yogurt and use a little lemon juice mixed with your favorite non-dairy milk to make vegan buttermilk.
Ingredients:
| 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
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| 3 tablespoons sugar
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| 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
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| 1 tsp.salt
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| 4 tbsp. chilled olive oil
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| 6 tbsp. of coconut cream (from can of coconut milk, only the thick top layer)
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| ½ cup low fat Greek yogurt
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| ¾ cup whole buttermilk, divided
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| 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| Buttermilk Glaze: 1 cup confectioners’ sugar and 2 - 4 tbsp. buttermilk
Purple, yellow, and green decorative sugars |
Instructions:
| 1 | Preheat oven to 350°. Line a baking stone or baking sheet(square or round) with parchment paper.
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| 2 | In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add chilled olive oil and coconut cream into flour mixture until the mixture becomes coarse
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| 3 | In another bowl, whisk together yogurt, 1/2 cup buttermilk, and extracts. Add mixture to flour mixture. Quickly and gently, bring mixture together with mixer paddle on slow until a sticky dough forms.
Turn dough onto floured work surface. Knead gently 3-5 turns. Roll dough into a circle 1-inch thick. Cut wedges from dough and place on baking sheet.
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| 4 | Brush scones with remaining buttermilk.
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| 5 | Bake 25 minutes. Let cool completely on pan. Drizzle with buttermilk glaze and sprinkle with decorated sugars before glaze cools. |
