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"Light as a Feather" Scones

Americanmedium4 servings
"Light as a Feather" Scones

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • cup ssifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • tablespoon sunsalted butter, cubed
  • 3/4 cup reduced-fat vanilla yogurt
  • egg, beaten
  • teaspoon vanilla extra ct
  • tablespoon milk
  • tablespoon white sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
  2. Mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add butter and mix with fingers until coarse crumbs form. Gently mix yogurt, egg, and vanilla extract into flour mixture until dough is just combined.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, for five or six turns. Pat or roll the dough out into a 1 inch thick round. Cut into 8 wedges and place onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush each wedge with milk and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Tips

I like to make mine into circles and press a few milk chocolate chips into some of them for variation prior to the milk/sugar coating. I'm also thinking of using different flavored yogurt to see what that tastes like.

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