Grain-Free Blueberry Scones Recipe
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- Pamela
- April 23, 2024
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Categories: Feature, Breakfast, Desserts, Gluten-free/gluten-free adaptable, Recipes
I am neither gluten-free nor grain-free, but I like diversity in my diet and I also find that almond flour-based baked goods have a bit more protein and spike my blood sugar less. If I eat traditional grain flour baked goods in the morning, especially on an empty stomach, I tend to feel super tired afterward. NOT the way I want to start my day! These grain-free blueberry scones are not too sweet, tender, a little craggy on the outside like regular scones, and perfect for breakfast, brunch or a Mother’s Day treat!
Why You’ll Love These Grain-Free Blueberry Scones
- A delicious treat or part of a breakfast;
- Perfect if you are looking for a grain-free pastry alternative;
- Easily vegan-adaptable;
- A great recipe to make for brunch with friends or family!
Ingredients
- Flour – for these scones, you are going to want to use almond + tapioca + coconut flours or use Bob’s Red Mill “Paleo Flour”
- Sea salt
- Baking powder – I always buy aluminum-free
- Butter – unsalted or vegan butter (cold) cut into small pieces
- Sweetener – maple sugar, cane sugar or coconut sugar (my preference is the first two since coconut sugar is a little darker and grainier)
- Yogurt – plain, unsweetened whole milk yogurt or plant yogurt
- Egg – I use large eggs
- Extracts – pure vanilla and almond (optional, but lovely….measure, do not eyeball it!)
- Fruits – zest of half an orange and blueberries or blackberries
- The wash: large egg or plant milk and maple sugar, cane sugar or turbinado sugar
How to Make Grain-Free Blueberry Scones
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter, smear with your fingertips, or you can pulse the butter with the flour mix in a food processor so the butter is the size of peas.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the sugar, yogurt, egg, vanilla, almond extract, and orange zest.
- Mix wet mixture into dry just until incorporated. Stir in the blueberries. Form into a 7-inch disk and transfer to a baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper. Cut the disk into 6 wedges and spread each wedge about 2 inches apart.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg and brush the scones. Sprinkle with the sugar.
- Place scones in the freezer for 30 minutes. Then transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes, or until golden.
Tips
- Don’t skip the freezer step
- Follow the measurements for almond extract – it is an amazing addition, but very strong!
- Grain-free baked goods usually last for about 2 days at room temp and stay true to texture
- Can be refrigerated for up to a week
Substitutions
- Bob’s Paleo flour for the 3 flours
- Unsalted butter – vegan butter
- Maple sugar – cane (granulated) or coconut sugar
- Yogurt – plant yogurt (unsweetened, like cashew or coconut)
- Egg for the mixture – flax egg
- Egg for the wash – plant milk
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Grain-Free Blueberry Scones Recipe
Author:Inspired by Amalgam Kitchen
Serves:6
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- ½ cup arrowroot
- 2 Tablespoons coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- ½ stick (4 Tbsp) unsalted butter or vegan butter (cold) cut into small pieces
- ¼ cup maple sugar, cane sugar or coconut sugar
- 2 Tablespoons plain, unsweetened whole milk yogurt or plant yogurt
- 1 large egg (or swap in a flax egg)
- ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional, but lovely)
- Zest of half an orange (about ¾ teaspoon)
- ¾ cup blueberries or blackberries
- For the wash:
- 1 large egg or plant milk
- 1 teaspoon maple sugar or cane sugar or turbinado sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter, smear with your fingertips, or you can pulse the butter with the flour mix in a food processor so the butter is the size of peas.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the sugar, yogurt, egg, vanilla, almond extract, and orange zest.
- Mix wet mixture into dry just until incorporated. Stir in the blueberries. Form into a 7-inch disk and transfer to a baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper. Cut the disk into 6 wedges and spread each wedge about 2 inches apart.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg and brush the scones. Sprinkle with the sugar.
- Place scones in the freezer for 30 minutes. Then transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes, or until golden.
Notes
*Or swap in 1 cup + 6 Tablespoons of Bob's Red Mill "Paleo Flour"
Other recipes you may like:
Whole Grain Strawberry Scones (gluten-free version, too!)
Grain-Free Strawberries and Cream Cookies
Grain-Free Upside Down Cherry Cake
Crackle Top Blueberry Cobbler
Blueberry Oatmeal Cookie
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Brigitte
Have made these twice now and love them. What’s the purpose of putting them in the freezer for 30 minutes before baking them?
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PamelaModerator
so they don’t melt/lose their shape in the oven
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Pam
Can you make these with frozen blueberries?
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PamelaModerator
Yes, but I would thaw them and give them a little pat dry first. They *might* bleed a little into the scones but I don’t mind that. 🙂
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Pam
Thank you!
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cheryl strom
Hello can’t wait to try these. Think you made a typo. t
“these scones are NOT sweet” I think you meant are.- Reply
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PamelaModerator
whooops! I meant to say “not TOO sweet.” Thanks for catching that!
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