CINNAMON & BROWN SUGAR OAT SCONES- A (pretend) HEALTHY VERSION.

Is there such thing as a healthy scone? Maybe not. 

However, these are a slightly healthier recipe than the cranberry orange ones I made a while back! 

Plus, they have oats in them- that makes it at least sound healthy, right? Sure, let's go with it. 

What you'll need:

Dough:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 cup light brown sugar

3/4 cup old fashioned oats (NOT quick cook!)

1/2 cup skim milk

1 stick butter

2 tsps baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon (more if you want!)

1/2 tsp salt

parchment paper

Topping:

1 tablespoon melted butter

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp brown sugar

2 tsp granulated sugar (or stevia)

How to make it happen:

Step 1: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper & preheat your oven to 375.

Step 2: Mix all dry ingredients together from dough list in a large bowl. (flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder)

Step 3: Using a knife or stand mixer mix in your butter, cutting through until mixture is a thick crumble.

Step 4: Quickly mix in your milk and beat lightly until well mixed.

Step 5: Pat dough together into a flat, slightly domed circle on your baking sheet- 6-8 inches wide.

Step 6: Spread top with melted butter and top with cinnamon sugar mixture.

Step 7: Cut into 6-8 pieces and separate on the sheet, about an inch apart. 

Step 8: Bake for 20-25 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs). Really start watching them around 16 minutes- take out when golden or else they will be dry-yyyy and you will be bummed.

 While most scones call for cream or buttermilk, this recipe uses skim milk.

Aaaaaaand that is about the only healthy thing. Yup. Still sugar- but you can easily replace that with Stevia instead!

Anybody have an ACTUALLY healthy scone recipe?

Hook a girl up!

xo, lp