Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook shares a recipe! It's okay to indulge in a sweet treat of fresh fruits, yogurt-cream and a freshly baked shortcake.
Summer Fruit Shortcakes with Maple Cream
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Shortcakes
- 3 cups summer fruit (such as sliced strawberries, diced peaches, raspberries or blueberries)
- 1 tablespoon maple-flavored syrup
- 1 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat margarine
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup fat-free (skim) milk
Maple Cream
- 1/3 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Light Fat Free very vanilla yogurt or Yoplait® Original French vanilla yogurt
- 3/4 teaspoon maple flavor

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, stir together fruit and maple syrup. Let stand about 1 hour until fruit becomes juicy.
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Step2Heat oven to 450°F. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray. In medium bowl, stir together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in margarine, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in milk just until blended.
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Step3Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
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Step4In small bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Gently fold in yogurt and maple flavor. (Refrigerate until ready to serve.)
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Step5Split shortcakes horizontally in half while warm. Place about 1/4 cup fruit and 1 tablespoon Maple Cream on bottom half of each shortcake. Add shortcake tops. Top each with additional fruit and 1 tablespoon Maple Cream.
Nutrition
240
Calories
7g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
38g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 390mg
- 16%
- Potassium
- 180mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 38g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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