You know what I love?
A good scone with a good cup of coffee.
You know what’s even better though?
A low calorie scone!
Seriously! A delicious scone that won’t go to your hips. These babies right hear, yeah I’m talking about these chocolate chip scones  that  are only 160 calories per scone. I dare you to beat that!
You can’t! But that’s OK, you can use this recipe here and share it with others. I won’t mind! As you eat them, you won’t even be thinking that they’re low calorie, trust me you won’t. You’ll be thinking you’re indulging, and that’s OK.
I made a batch of these which I took to work, because I wanted to spread the love, and let me tell you these babies were a success. They were gone in no time.
So do your favorite food blogger a huge favor and give these a try, I guarantee you’ll love them.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar, for dusting
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
- Add the first 4 ingredients to a bowl and whisk well.
- In another big bowl add the two flours, salt and baking powder. Using a pastry blender
or two knives, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the chocolate and gently fold it in.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and stir until moist.
- Turn the dough over onto a floured surface and gently knead it a few times until the flour is incorporated. Place the dough onto a baking sheet and using a rolling pin
roll the dough until it's about 3/4 of an inch in thickness.
- Brush the dough with the egg white, then cut it into 12 pieces, you can use a pizza cutter or a knife. Sprinkle the top with sugar.
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
Recipe source skinnytaste.com. Calories based on calorie count. Calories may vary based on products and brands used. Other nutritional information: Total Carbs: 25.6 g Fiber: 0.8 g Sugar: 8.9 g Protein: 3.8 g
Enjoy!
Hello!
Love your site. I made these scones yesterday exactly as written. The dough was verrrry wet. I ended up adding about another 1/2[ plus] cup of flour. If I did not do this I would not have been able to move it from the surface to the baking sheet I did not roll it, but gently patted it into the circle and 3/4 inch thickness.. My husband taste tested one after they were done and procalimed them delicious. I did increase the cook time by about 5 minutes. Nice size scone. Will definitely make again.
Hi Rosemary,
Interesting, because my dough was very dry, but yeah this can happen, depending on altitude. So what you did was great, just add more flour, that’s all.
Oh my! These look delicious! Are you sure they’re only 160 calories?
Will give these a try.
Well that’s what calorie count says, so I’m sticking to that, remember there’s not many bad ingredients here, only 3 tbsp of butter and this recipe does make 12 scones, so it sounds about rights.