Healthy blueberry scones are a coffee shop classic--they’re slightly sweet, slightly soft and cakey, and a perfect companion to a morning cup up coffee. The pops of sweetness from fresh (or frozen) blueberries mixed with the brightness of the lemon zest and are a classic combination you and your family will love.
I am not a baker. I’ve said this plenty, but you wouldn’t know it between this and my last post of my Peach Cobbler or my most popular recipe, my Lightened Up Biscuits. Blueberry scones are surprisingly easy to make because scones are so similar to biscuits--except none of that folding.
You’ll need two bowls, a cutting board, and a zester. Optional, but totally recommended is a pastry cutter; if you don’t have a zester or pastry cutter, you can find the ones I use here.
Weight Watchers Blueberry Scones
These real-deal sized scones are only 5 WW SP and 190 calories per blueberry scone! Greek yogurt works in three ways here--as a butter replacement and as a buttermilk replacement. Greek yogurt brings in the necessary acidity for the leavening agents in the dough. If you are not a fan of Greek yogurt, don't worry. These healthy blueberry scones have no Greek yogurt taste and. it actually keeps them pretty moist.
Easy Blueberry Scones
If you’ve never made scones before, you’d be surprised how easy they are to make. You’ll need two bowls (a large bowl for dry ingredients and another for wet). In the big bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and sugar; if you don’t have a mesh strainer or official sifter, just give it a good whisk and don’t tell Martha Stewart--your secret is safe with me.
If the wet bowl, mix the Greek yogurt, cashew milk, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Throw the zest of one lemon and cold butter into the dry and incorporate into the dough using two knives, a fork, or a pastry blender. You can even grate the butter. Here’s a video if you’re unfamiliar.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour the wet into the dry. Carefully mix the wet and dry ingredients using a rubber spatula or spoon until the dough starts to come together. Once all the dry is mostly mixed, add the blueberries and fold them into the dough.
It’s okay if some of them burst, but try to keep them mostly intact. This is why you wait to add the blueberries. Lightly flour a cutting board, dump the dough onto the board, and kind of smoosh it all together into a disk. See, I’m a super professional baker, obviously with technical terms liken smoosh.
Baking the blueberry scones
The disk should be about 9 inches wide and about an inch high. Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces and feel fancy that you’re a classy baker. Preheat your oven to 400 and pop the blueberry scones into the refrigerator while it preheats. Like my biscuits, cold butter helps make the dough rise.
If you want that classic sugar crunch that’s on bakery biscuits, brush the tops of your blueberry scones with a little milk and sprinkle 1 tsp of turbinado sugar onto the scones--a little goes a long way. I gave my tops a little spritz of cooking spray too to get them extra golden. Bake for 20-25 minutes until fluffy and golden.
Blueberry Scone Glaze
I’ve already established I’m a monster who drinks black coffee. I don’t like overly-sweet sweets so the turbinado sugar plus the sugar in the dough and sweetness from the blueberries are enough for me.
If you’d like a little more sweetness with these blueberry scones, cut the lemon you zested and squeezer about 1-2 tsp into ¼ cup of powdered sugar to make a glaze once the scones cool.
Use a fork and drizzle the tops of the scones with the glaze for a bright and sweet addition that’ll make these 5 WW SP scones just one more point.
Healthy Blueberry Scones
Blueberry scones are a coffee shop classic--they’re slightly sweet, slightly soft and cakey, and a perfect companion to a morning cup up coffee. The pops of sweetness from fresh blueberries mixed with the brightness of the lemon zest and are a classic combination you and your family will love. Best part? These real-deal sized scones are only 5 WW SP per blueberry scone!
Ingredients
- 2 cup self-rising flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter cold or frozen and cut into pea-sized cubes
- Lemon zest from one lemon
- 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup cashew milk (or preferred milk) + 1 tbsp to brush on top
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 tsp turbinado sugar
Instructions
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and sugar. Stir in butter and lemon zest and incorporate the butter into the flour mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix yogurt, egg, ¼ cup cashew milk, and vanilla.
- Make a well in the dry bowl, and pour the wet mixture into the middle. Use a rubber spatula to mix the ingredients together. Try to mix just enough to fully incorporate and not over mix.
- Once the ingredients are mixed and shaggy (similar to my biscuit dough), pour in the blueberries and fold them into the dough.
- Lightly flour a cutting board, dump out the dough, and shape into a disk. The dough should be roughly 1 inch high and 9 inches wide.
- Cut the dough into 8 equal triangles. Place triangles about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (or sprayed with cooking spray).
- Brush the tops with cashew milk and sprinkle turbinado sugar. Give the tops a spritz of cooking spray for safe measure. Refrigerate scones until the oven is preheated.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 400 until the tops are golden
Notes
Alternatively, you can make a lemon glaze with 1/4 cup powdered sugar and just enough fresh lemon juice to make it a slurry and drizzle over the scones with a fork.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1 sconeAmount Per Serving: Calories: 183Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 571mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 7g
Want some other Weight Watchers breakfast ideas? I got you covered.
Weight Watcher Breakfast Recipes
Below you can find my favorite breakfast recipes fore Weight Watchers
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110 calories each
Green - 3 sp, 2 for 5sp
Blue & Purple - 2 sp each
These healthy pumpkin pancakes are perfect for fall mornings. They are fluffy yet tender pancakes with the warming flavors of fall. You'd never know these were only 100 calories or 2 sp a piece because they are so comforting and delicious.
Green 3sp, 2 for 5sp
Blue & Purple 2sp, 2 for 4sp
Three ingredient dough bagels have the same health benefits of two-ingredient dough bagels, but they are a chewier, larger, and more bagel-y homemade bagel that will make an excellent breakfast prep.
Green - 4 WW SP
Blue & Purple - 3 WW SP
Kellie
They are in the oven now! I had to use strawberries because I was too lazy to go to the store. I would love a video of this one to see your dough consistency. That is always the hardest part for me. Can’t wait to try them!
Gail Mulligan
Omg!! These were amazing!! We had them this morning!!
Thank u for sharing your recipes. I posted a picture on WW Connect. My Connect id is ggmull1211.
tiff
I made these and even screwed them up(forgot to add butter in dry but went ahead and cut it into small pieces and folded in). They are delicious and came out perfectly, not too sweet and you can really taste the blueberries! Will definitely make again!