Monday, October 29, 2012

gluten-free scones

i recently stumbled upon a new brand of gluten-free flour blends (new for us at least); not only is the flour gf, they are also gmo-free AND organic!  score!!  maninis gluten free is a little company out of the seattle area and offer gluten-free goodies out of a bake shop and local farmers' markets; but, since i no longer live near by, i decided to order an assortment of their flour blends and try some recipes of my own.  here is a scone recipe i came up with using an amalgam of recipes around the web.  enjoy as they were DELISH!

ingredients:
1 cup greek yogurt
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups maninis multiuso flour mix
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup coconut oil (room temp) OR butter
1 egg
1 cup dried fruit of your choice (or chocolate chips, nuts, whatever you fancy, i suppose)

method:
1. combine greek yogurt with baking soda in a small bowl and set aside (about 5-10 minutes).
2. preheat oven to 350 degrees, cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
3. in a large bowl, combine:  flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, salt.  cut in the coconut oil (or butter if you choose) then mix in the yogurt and egg just until moistened.
4. turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead, knead, knead until the dough is mixed thoroughly. **i added the dried fruit at this stage as when the dough was in the bowl, it wasn't completely combined.
5. roll it out to approximately 3/4 inch thickness and cut into triangles.  place on cookie sheets about 1" apart.   
6. bake 12-15 minutes until lightly browned on bottoms.