In June I made a big lifestyle change. I stopped eating refined sugar. I know that sounds totally bonkers but for me it’s a good choice. My family are prone to type 2 diabetes which is often caused by diet, on top of which I have a mood disorder and sugar highs and lows can worsen mood swings.
Now obviously I’m not going to let a little thing like no sugar hinder my baking. I love baking, and cake, too much to not find alternatives. So I made myself some sugar free scones and had them with strawberries and cream, delicious. Here’s how;
Ingredients
115g chilled butter
450g Self Raising Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 tablespoons agave nector
1 cup of milk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 190 C/ 375F/gas 5. Grease a baking tray.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl, add the salt and butter and and rub until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add the sugar and the milk and mix to form a soft dough.
Sift flour onto a clean work surface and roll the dough out to 2.5 cm thick using a rolling pin. Cut out scones with a 6cm round cutter.
Place the scones on the baking tray so that they are touching each other, which helps the scones to rise straight. Brush the tops of the scones with milk.
Bake for 12-15 mins until the scones are golden brown and sound hollow when you tap it on the bottom. Transfer to wire rack and serve warm with jam and cream.
They look really fab, yummy 🙂 Good for you giving up sugar, not eating gluten I am afraid I am not willing to join you!!! x
Fair enough you would struggle to eat anything wouldn’t you.
Yum, I am going to try these. Agave nectar is amazing, I had pretty much stopped eating any refined sugars before I got pregnant with Iyla but then I started craving cakes and I have never been as healthy as I used to be. I still use agave nectar on porridge though as it’s so good, like honey but without the strong flavour x
I love Agave on porridge too, add a few raspberries and I’m in heaven.
What is Agave nectar please ?
It’s a nector extracted from the juice of the Agave plant. Available in most supermarkets.
Will the scones work without the agave nector?
You could replace it with honey or sugar
Will give these a try. Nice one! x