Scone Nom Nom

Slow Sunday mornings make me happy. I love having time on the weekend to potter around the kitchen in my PJs and bake. Especially when what I am baking is scones and there is coffee brewing to enjoy them with.

I made this batch of scones while I was staying with my parents. I can’t comment on how they keep, or what they are like cooled because they disappeared pretty fast. This recipe has less butter than most and is kept moist and sweet with yoghurt and apple sauce. It is also pretty forgiving so is a great one to try if your scones usually resemble something more akin to rocks.

Sultana Scone Recipe (adapted from the Healthy Food Guide Plain Scone Recipe)

(yields 9 generous scones)

Ingredients

• 3C self-raising flour
• 1/2t cinnamon
• 1/4t salt
• 5T brown sugar
• 50g margarine
• 3/4C trim milk
• 1/4C unsweetened apple sauce
• 2T plain or vanilla low-fat yoghurt
• 1C sultanas

Method

1. Sift flour and cinnamon into a large bowl
2. Add salt and sugar, stir to combine dry to ingredients well
3. Add margarine and rub with your fingers until the mixture resembles bread crumbs
4. Make a well in the middle and add milk, apple sauce and yoghurt
5. Combine ingredients quickly with a knife, being careful not to over mix
6. Knead ball of dough lightly on surface lightly dusted with flour
7. Form dough into a square or circle and cut with a knife into even portions (I made a square and cut it into 9 scones)
8. Transfer to a baking tray lightly dusted with flour and brush the top of each scone with a little milk
9. Bake at 220 degrees C for about 14 minutes or until a golden crust has formed and your kitchen is filled by their glorious aroma

I had my scones with a little margarine and a lot of jam. Yum!

Single Serve Blueberry Cobbler

I have an epic sweet tooth and love few things more than a hot, sticky pudding to end my day’s eating. However, I don’t trust myself to make entire cakes or puddings because I know I will not win the fight against my will-power so I’m always on the lookout for recipes that can be adapted to make just one serving. When I saw the recipe for Blueberry Cobbler on food.com I knew I had to make it my own!

Single Serve Blueberry Cobbler Recipe

(serves 2 not-so-hungry people or one hungry eater)

Ingredients

Filling

• 3/4C blueberries
• 1/8C sugar
• 1tsp arrowroot powder (I’m pretty sure cornflour or normal flour would work also)
• 1 tsp margarine or butter
• 1TBSP water
• 1TBSP lemon juice

Topping:

• 1/4C flour (could use white, whole-wheat, or a blend of the both flours)
• 1/2TBSP sugar
• 2/3tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1TBSP margarine or butter
• 1TBSP skim milk
• 1/4 egg (I just stole some egg mix from the frittata I was making)
• 1/3tsp almond essence (could substitute vanilla essence)

Extras (optional but delicious)

• 1TBSP sliced almonds
• 1t demerara sugar (brown sugar would work fine but I used organic demerara sugar from Edible Planet)

Method

1.Preheat oven
2. Combine filling ingredients in a microwave safe dish and mix until the mixture is boiling and thickened, stirring every minute or so. This took about 5 minutes in my microwave.
3. Mix together dry ingredients in a small bowl with a fork until well combine.
4. Melt margarine or butter and mix with wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
5. Mix wet and dry ingredients until doughy.
6. Spoon dough over blueberry filling in blobs
7. Sprinkle extras on top
8. Bake for about 15-20 minutes until the extras are caramelised and the topping is cooked through and fluffy.

I served this dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it was fantastic.