Heart Healthy Scones

Heart Healthy Recipes

(1)   Heart Healthy Scones

Get more nutritional info at http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/healthy-living/healthy-recipes/heart-healthy-scones

This is a simple and easy recipe for healthy heart. A perfect serving for morning or afternoon tea.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups plain flour

1 ½ cups wholemeal flour

2 Tbsp baking powder

2 Tbsp caster sugar

2 tsp ground cinnamon

50g Tick approved margarine

¾ cup dried fruit (e.g. dates), chopped

1 cup trim milk

⅓ cup reduced fat plain yoghurt

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
2. Cover a baking tray with baking paper
3. Combine flours, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and mix
4. Add margarine, use your fingertips to rub it in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
5. Add dried fruit, mix to combine
6. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in milk and plain yoghurt, gently mix to combine
7. Spoon 10 even amounts of the mixture separately onto baking tray, each should be about 2cm high
8. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown