Apple 'n' Honey Scones

Ingredients

250 gr all purpose flour
85 gr wheat germ
9 gr baking powder
3 gr cinnamon
1 gr nutmeg
1 gr baking soda
1 gr salt
75 gr margarine
170 gr apples
1 apple
120 ml skim milk
60 ml honey

Instructions

----------------------------------TOPPING---------------------------------1 tb Wheat germ 1 tb Sugar quarter ts Ground cinnamon Heat oven 400 degrees. Lightly spray large cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray or grease lightly. Handle the dough gently. Over mixing scones can make them tough. Combine flour, wheat germ, baking powder, spices, baking soda and salt (if using). Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add combined apple, milk and honey, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; knead gently 5 to 6 times. Pat dough into 23 cm circle. Mix together topping ingredients. Sprinkle over dough. Cut dough into 10 wedges. Place 1 cm apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown. Per serving: 220 calories; 6 g pro, 34 g carb, 7 g fat, 0 mg chol, 210 mg sod. The fruit-filled scones earned top honors in the Kretschmer Wheat Germ "Healthy Made Easy and Delicious" recipe contest. Prize winning recipe ($5,000) by Patricia Schroedl of Jefferson, Wisconsin. Printed in the San Diego Union-Tribune, April 13, l994. ----