Almond Flour Scones (Gluten Free)

These scones are made with almond flour, and admittedly, perhaps all scones ought to be—whether or not you want them to be gluten-free or not. They’re one hundred pc scrumptious, that includes completely tender insides and golden exteriors that provide a light-weight crunch alongside the sides. Jammy burst blueberries, lemon zest and a light-weight sprinkle of uncooked sugar take them to the subsequent stage!

I didn’t give you this concept myself. After I printed my Blueberry Scones, that are made with complete wheat or all-purpose flour, I acquired a number of questions on find out how to make the recipe with almond flour.

Since almond flour has change into my favourite flour over the previous 12 months or two, I needed to determine it out. Regardless of being made solely with almond flour, the scones don’t style overtly of almond. They’re simple to make with easy, healthful, decrease carbohydrate substances, in order that they’re a win throughout.

It took seven tries to get the recipe excellent. Alongside the best way, it turned the topping for a Peach Cobbler. I’m delighted with this recipe and all of the variations you’ll discover beneath.

How you can Make Almond Flour Scones

Swapping almond flour for normal flour required a number of changes from the unique recipe. I saved the flour quantity constant, however tweaked the remaining. Right here’s a rundown should you’re curious.

• Added an egg for construction, as a result of they crumble with out it
• Much less butter, since almond flour accommodates some fats already
• Much less sugar, since almond flour doesn’t uninteresting the sweetness like common flour does
• Much less Greek yogurt and no milk, since almond flour is inherently moist and fewer absorbent
• Much less blueberries, since we diminished the amount with all the opposite reductions

A Few Notes

• No pastry cutter wanted. Not like common scones, which want chilly bits of butter to create tender pockets, these almond flour-based scones turned out higher with melted butter. It’s simple to stir the dough collectively.
• The dough is delicate. Use a pointy chef’s knife to chop by the blueberries, then use a pie server, ideally, or a small metallic spatula to maneuver the scones to the baking sheet. In the event that they crumble alongside the sides, you’ll be able to simply smush them again collectively. It’s like working with Play-Doh.
• Depart some house round every scone. They increase, and also you don’t need them to run into one another.

Watch How you can Make Scones

Recommended Taste Variations

You may take this blueberry scone recipe into so many alternative instructions.

Berry scones

Exchange the blueberries with one other berry, together with raspberries, blackberries (halved if massive) or sliced strawberries. You may hold the lemon zest or swap to orange.

Cherry scones

Halved and pitted cherries can be pretty. Omit the lemon zest and add 1/2 teaspoon almond extract to boost the almond taste, which performs so nicely with cherries.

Chocolate chip scones

Omit the fruit (together with the zest) and use as much as 3/4 cup chocolate chips. I attempted a mixture of ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and ½ cup toasted chopped pecans, and beloved the outcomes.

Savory cheddar scones

Omit the fruit (together with the zest) and scale back the sugar to 1 teaspoon. Stir in 3/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, and three tablespoons chopped inexperienced onion should you’d like them to be further savory. This scone has change into considered one of my all-time favourite snacks!

Please let me understand how your scones prove within the feedback! I like listening to from you.

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