These Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones are light and fluffy! They make for a delicious treat, snack or breakfast. Top them with a little  jam, butter, or even eat them plain. These will be a staple in your diet!

Servings: Makes 6 scones

GREEN:3 SmartPoints® per scone

BLUE: 3 SmartPoints® per scone

PURPLE: 3 SmartPoints® per scone

 

Be sure to check out these other low point Breakfast recipes:

Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast

One Point Protein Waffle

One Point Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry and Lemon Scones

 

For these Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones I use Lakanto Monkfuit Sweetener. It’s 0 calories and 0 Freestyle Points. I recommend that the sugar substitute you use is granulated otherwise the texture will be gritty.

The Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener comes in Classic, Golden or Powdered. I use the Classic for the white granulated, Golden for the brown sugar substitute and Powdered for a powdered sugar substitute.

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If you notice in this recipe I use one large egg white -and the reason I only use the egg white is because the yolk tends to give these scones a yellowish tint-and since these scones are vanilla bean-I prefer the dough to be white vs. yellow.

For the base of this recipe I use the two ingredient dough (a.k.a. self rising flour and Greek yogurt).  However, I have found that combining an egg or egg white to the “two ingredient dough” and then reducing the amount of Greek yogurt really helps with the stickiness and texture of the dough.

Keep in mind eggs have a great ability to leaven or puff up foods when air is beaten into them. So, egg whites are especially good at this and, and when beaten, they create a foam that has more stability and volume than whole eggs or yolks.

Also, room temperature egg whites create the best foam volume and stability. 

 

Ingredients:

*Icing:

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium mixing bowl whisk the sugar, and self rising flour. Using a fork mix the greek yogurt into the mixture until all the flour is blended together.
3. Add vanilla extract and egg white. Mix with a spoon to combine.
4. Using your hands, knead into a soft dough, doesn’t take long to do this 1-2 minutes.
5. Roll the dough to make a rectangle, make sure the dough is about an inch thick.
6. Using a pizza cutter or knife, cut the dough into 6 triangles.
7. Place the triangles on the parchment paper and bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden.
8. To make the glaze: whisk the half and half or skim milk, the powdered sugar substitute and vanilla together.
9. Once scones have cooled, drizzle the glaze on top of each scone.

Servings: Makes 6 scones

GREEN:3 SmartPoints® per scone

BLUE: 3 SmartPoints® per scone

PURPLE: 3 SmartPoints® per scone

Notes:

1. If you use different brands other than listed on the recipe the point value may vary.
2. In order to calculate the freestyle smart points on a recipe you will need to enter the ingredients in manually ( by ingredient) in the ww recipe builder or add the points and recipe name through quick add rather than entering in the nutritional information otherwise the point values will not be accurate since this recipe contains zero point items.
3. The Lakanto Monkfruit Golden Sweetener (sugar substitute) that is used in this recipe is zero points. Please keep in mind-the point value can vary depending on the brand of sugar substitute you choose to use. Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener also has a 1:1 ratio to real sugar. If you use a different sugar substitute you will want to use the equivalent to real sugar that is recommended on back of the sugar substitute package
4. You can substitute the glaze with 1 Tbsp melted Pillsbury sugar-free vanilla frosting. Just drizzle the melted frosting over the tops of the scones as another glaze option.