Blueberry Scones

Over the past couple of weeks we have been watching Michael Pollen's new Netflix series, Cooked. I love food related shows like this, and this one was very good. The episode, Earth is all about how things ferment and change due to things like yeast and mold. Bread was a highlight of this episode and it all looked so good. I woke up this morning wanting to bake, so I made some blueberry scones. They were so good warm and fresh out of the oven with some coffee this morning.

Blueberry Scones

Ingredients:

1 tbsp golden flax meal (grind golden flax seeds in a spice/coffee grinder until they are a fine powder)
3 tbsp water

3/4 cup soy milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar

2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup sugar
dash of cinnamon
dash of nutmeg

4 tbsp vegan margarine
2 tbsp coconut oil

1/3 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Directions:

Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.

Combine the flax meal with the water and stir well to combine. Set aside to let thicken.

Combine the soy milk with the vinegar, and set aside to let curdle.

In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk it all together to incorporate the dry ingredients.

Then cut in the margarine and coconut oil. I like to use my hands, but a fork works just as well. You want to work these fats into the flour until you have small pea sized clumps.

When you have worked in the margarine and coconut oil, add the soy milk and the flax mixture. Stir until it is just starting to pull together into a dough. Then add in the blueberries. You can add just a little more flour if needed to pull the dough together, but don't add too much because a slightly wet dough results in a more tender scone.

Next, you can roll out the dough to cut out pretty scone triangles or circles. Today, I took the lazy route and just formed balls of dough and lightly pressed them down.  Put on lightly greased cookie sheets and bake for 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

For 12 scones. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 59 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  165 Calories from Fat  61

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  6.8g 10%

Saturated Fat  2.6g 13%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  201mg 8%

Potassium  172mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates  23.8g 8%

Dietary Fiber  0.9g 3%

Sugars  6.6g

Protein  2.8g

Vitamin A 3% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 6% • Iron 7%

Nutrition Grade B

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet