Sausage and Cheese Scones

Here is another recipe variation from Cooking Light - Comfort Food cookbook.  Of my many, many cookbooks, this has become one of my favorites, and I like to read it often.

The original recipe calls this the Ham and Cheese Scone, but being raised a southern boy I have to opt for the sausage.  Now eating a much healthier lifestyle, that sausage must be some Jimmy Dean turkey sausage too! 

I was a little apprehensive in making these.  Bread recipes have not always turned out very well for me in the past. ( I am getting much better at it thought).  So I had to call in my favorite bread expert - Katlyn, my baby boy's girlfriend.  Yes, we love her bunches and she was home from college this weekend when I made them.  They passed the Katlyn test on the bread-o-meter, so I was ok!  They were good - a great way to start the day!

Ingredients:

9oz. all purpose flour - about 2 cups

1 Tbsp. baking powder

2 tsp. Splenda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground red pepper

3 Tbsp. chilled butter cut into small pieces

3/4 cup shredded cheese ( I use reduced fat extra sharp cheddar)

3/4 cup reduced fat butter milk

3 Jimmy Dean sausage patties (thawed and chopped into cubes)

2 large egg whites

How to:

First, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, and Splenda and blend.  Add chilled and using a pastry knife or two knives, or as I do - my hands, mix the butter with the flour mixture until it is all blended in.



Stir in cheese and sausage



Combine buttermilk and egg whites in a measuring cup.  Whisk to blend well. 

Add to flour mixture and stir until just moistened.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.  Knead 4-5 times with floured hands, then pat dough out to about an 8 inch round on a greased baking sheet or stone.  With a floured knife cut the scone into 8 sections, but take care not to cut all the way through the dough.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Finish cutting through the slices, and serve warm!  Each slice checks in around 217 calories.

Enjoy!