Easy Fruit Soup & Whole Wheat Scones
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Yields:
-
8 scones
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
-
Scones
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 egg yolk
- 1⁄2 cup milk (I use 1%)
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
-
Soup
- 12 apricots, washed & pitted
- 2 bananas, peeled
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup white wine or 1/2 cup additional 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
- 1 cup blueberries, washed
- 1 cup raspberries (optional)
- 4 sprigs mint (optional)
directions
- Scones: Pre heat oven to 375°F.
- Mix together the 2 flours, baking powder, splenda, cinnamon & nutmeg.
- Cut in the butter into the flour until it resembles little kernals of corn.
- Separate 1 egg.
- Set the egg white aside.
- Measure out 1/2 cup of milk, add 1 egg and a yolk, beat until combined.
- Lightly mix the milk/egg with the dry ingredients.
- The mixture only needs enough wet so the dough will hold together, Add a little more milk if needed or if it is a bit too moist add a little more whole wheat flour.
- Turn out on a board and knead a couple of times - the more you handle the dough the tougher your scones will be.
- Cut the dough in two. Flatten each piece into a round circle just over 1/4 deep.
- Place the two circles on a buttered cookie sheet ( I use Release foil instead of buttering the cookie sheet).
- Make a cut across each circle and then across the other way so each will have 4 sections.
- Paint the top of the scones with egg white.
- Bake for apprx 15 minutes or until lightly browned on top and cooked through.
- Soup: Place the apricots, bananas, orange juice, wine, splenda &
- lemon juice in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
- You may have to do this in a couple of batches, then mix it all together, stir well.
- Chill for at least 1 hour.
- Pour into bowls, lightly float 1/4 cup of blue berries on top of each bowl along with several raspberries (if using)).
- Decorate with a sprig of mint and serve with warm buttered whole wheat scones.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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