Cherry Scones

Free from Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Soya

This was never intended to be a Blog post - indeed, I am so used to my futile attempts at creating a "free from" scone recipe that a) rises and b) stays moist that I only gave in and tried once more at the pleas of my scone loving 12 year old. He's only been gluten free a short while (under hospital instructions) and misses them terribly.

So, there was none of that "ok, this is a Blog post so let's get organised, take a photo etc" type of planning. Which if you listen to my husband is probably why it worked.... (in a Shrödinger's Cat if you observe it you change reality kind of way.)

So. Here you go, this is how I made them:-
Ingredients

• Juvela Harvest White mix (you could use any safe flour but rice flour on its own is very dry)
• 2tsp Baking powder 
• 1 egg
• 4oz / 100g free from margarine (I used "Pure")
• 1 pot glacé cherries
• 2oz caster sugar
• Oat milk/rice milk/milk substitute of your choice to mix

Method

• Mix the whole box of harvest mix flour and baking powder together with the margarine until it is all thoroughly combined. 
• add sugar, cherries and a beaten egg
• start adding the milk, a little at a time. I think I used about 400ml but I'm not certain... you need a dough like consistency 
• DON'T attempt to roll out, just pat down and cut scone shapes.
• Bake at 180C for 15 minutes - longer than I usually do, and NOT in a fan oven. (This dries baked recipes out.)

Tips

• If you are not feeding a family of six the proverbial five thousand, I recommend halving the ingredients, you could still get away with one egg - or egg replacer which would work even better with a smaller quantity.
• Freeze any leftovers, I suspect they would go dry very quickly
• You can substitute the cherries for fruit of your choice - but in my (extensive) scone making experience cherries can often make a scone recipe become too moist, which was a distinct advantage in this case.

So there you are. Unexpected scone success. 

(They can't have been bad - there are none left for tomorrow or the freezer!!!)