Differences in scone recipes: a health problem
By marguicha
@marguicha (216271)
Chile
July 25, 2012 4:12pm CST
I was just now checking for a recipe of english scones. I have had awesome ones for tea time but I don`t know the recipe. I discovered now at the web that english sites used a lot less fat (be it butter, shortening and/or cream) than the american recipe. Isn`t it time that we checked the recipes we make and start cutting down on fat? We can eat homemade cookies, nice bread, lovely scones with just a bit of butter or the like. Needless to say, that also goes for the optative eggs. I love eggs, but I could save that cholesterol for the time where I can see it in an omelette, scrambled eggs or even hard boiled ones
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4 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
27 Jul 12
There are so many great substitutions that can be made with recipes to make something more healthy to eat. For example, many times when I am baking a cake, I will use apple sauce in the place of oil. This significantly cuts down the fat in the cake, but it also leaves the cake being just as moist and delicious as it would have been if I had used oil in my recipe.
In addition to that, I try to make any healthy substitutions that I can because of the fact that my family does have a history of heart disease.
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@marguicha (216271)
• Chile
28 Jul 12
I have discovered that I must use less butter in muffins when I make banana muffins. If I use the same amount, they are too moist for my taste.
As for other substitutions, there are some sauces where you can use plain yogurt instead of mayo. I make an awesome avocado mousse with yogurt. The original recipe had loads of mayo.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
26 Jul 12
No! I refuse to make a recipe Low fat.If you want low fat , Never eat Anything I bake. baked goods are for a treat. You are not forced to eat it like veggies! So if you are so concerned with fat , Never eat cokkies Period!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
27 Jul 12
I'm a baker Not a cook. I rely on the recipe. I do not veer off and try anything new and low fat.That is why I like baking. It is Meant to be extra and a treat. It is Suppose to be fattening!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
27 Jul 12
I never learned how to cook. I never wanted to. but baking is something I like to do. I'm not pastry chef or I would be a good candidate for your restaurant.
@marguicha (216271)
• Chile
27 Jul 12
I discovered tat in different recipes. I don`t know why one would be better than the other, as taste goes. I`d have to check. If it`s too dry, it needs more fat. But in my knowledge, some foods are better with more fat and some aren`t.
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
25 Jul 12
I personally check every recipe of the same thing from many different sources. I compare the oil amount , the eggs amount , and then , I choose the recipe with the least oil and eggs and all other unhealthy things. I make a small experiment using even less of the unhealthy things and if it comes out tasty enough , I compromise with it and make more. It is just food , if the experiment fails , I can still stick to the recipe with the least fats and eggs.
@marguicha (216271)
• Chile
27 Jul 12
I don`t bake much usually, because I stopped baking sweet things when my husband was diagnosed with diabetes. But now that I`m checking recipes to learn forgotten things, I have discovered that. I will certainly use the more healthy recipes.
@kai0224liu (321)
• United States
26 Jul 12
Yea English scones has a lot of sugars and cholesterol, if is homemade u can control and oil u use and sugar u put. Just make sure don't over eat. I think that should be fine.
@marguicha (216271)
• Chile
27 Jul 12
THe real English scones don`t have so much sugar or too much fat And even eggs are optative. Check recipes.
