This healthy recipe is made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with honey. These scones are soft on the inside and have a delicious golden crunch on the outside. Slather creamed honey on top of these delicious scones, and enjoy them for breakfast or as an afternoon snack with a cup of tea.
Ingredients
| 1 1/2 cups | whole wheat pastry flour |
| 1/ 2 cup | whole wheat flour |
| 1 Tbsp | baking powder |
| 3 Tbsp | creamed honey |
| 1/2 cup | butter (cold) |
| zest | of a lemon |
| 1/2 cup | plain yogurt |
| 1/2 cup | milk |
| 1 cup | raspberries |
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Begin by mixing all of the dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.
- Add the lemon zest to this mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Add the creamed honey to the dry ingredients and mix with a stand mixer or food processor or with your hands.
- Next, cut the cold butter into small blocks. Using a pastry cutter or food processor, cut the butter into the flour mixture until the pieces of butter are about the size of peas.
- Add in the raspberries and mix gently.
- Finally, add in the milk and the yogurt and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula. Mix until the dough begins to come together and then finish mixing with your hands.
- Form the dough into a circle, about and inch thick. Cut the dough into 8 slices and transfer carefully onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the tops are lightly golden and the middle is baked through.
- Drizzle or slather creamed honey over the scones to create the perfect, healthy breakfast treat!
