Peach Berry Shortcake

Time to do some cooking in the kitchen.  Jennifer Parham from St. John Medical Center has a recipe for Peach Berry Shortcake

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 9:56 am

By: News On 6

Ingredients:
Butter-flavored cooking spray
1 ¼ cup flour
2 tablespoons oatmeal, divided use
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons light stick margarine
1 ¾ cup nonfat vanilla yogurt, divided use
¼ cup nonfat milk
¼ cup honey
1/3 cup all-fruit peach spread
2 cups sliced peaches
2 cups blueberries

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl, combine flour, 1 tablespoon oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg.
2. Cut margarine into mixture using a pastry blender or 2 knives.
3. In a small bowl, combine ¼ cup yogurt, milk and honey. Add to flour mixture and stir until combined.
4. Drop batter by the tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet, making 6 shortcakes.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.
5. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1 ½ cups of yogurt with the peach spread.
6. To serve split the shortcakes in ½ horizontally and fill with yogurt filling, peaches and blueberries.

Yield: 6 servings

Nutrition information per serving: 319 calories, 60g carbohydrate, 7.3g protein, 6.2g fat, 1.2g saturated fat, 1.2mg cholesterol, 3.6g dietary fiber, 412mg sodium

Exchanges per serving: 2 starch, 2 fruit, 1 fat

Source: Adapted recipe by Jennifer Parham, RD, LD / St. John Medical Center