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Easy Gluten Free Blueberry Scones

This Easy Gluten Free Blueberry Scones recipe is full of fresh blueberries and is delicious. These bake up to be perfectly soft and flaky scones! 

Updated 2/16/2023

 This Easy Gluten Free Blueberry Scones recipe is full of fresh blueberries and is delicious. These bake up to be perfectly soft and flaky scones! 

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easy gluten free blueberry scones

It occurred to me that I haven’t made scones in a loooong time. And that I hadn’t shared with you guys an updated recipe this recipe in AGES.

I’ve come a long way in my gluten free baking since the first time I made chocolate chip cookies. So I knew I need to share an updated recipe.

Because there is nothing better than a warm perfect scone with morning coffee.

These are THE BEST scones. I’m going to share tips to get the best results from this gluten-free scone recipe.

What You Need To Make Gluten Free Blueberry Scones

Before you get started, make sure you have everything you need.

Equipment needed for these Gluten Free Blueberry Scones

Large mixing Bowl

Wooden Spoon

Rubber Spatula

Whisk

pastry brush

pastry cutter

Parchment paper

a Baking sheet

Basic Ingredients

diced cold butter ( unsalted butter)

Gluten Free All Purpose Flour ( I used Cup4Cup Multipurpose Flour) Bob’s Red mill 1 to 1 baking flour also works

1 cup almond flour

granulated sugar

baking powder

salt

egg

blueberries

vanilla extract

buttermilk

Before we Get Started:

try this recipe for gluten free cranberry pecan scones. Perfect for the holiday season!

What is the secret to these easy gluten-free blueberry scones? Follow these tips and you will have the flakiest scones ever!

  • When it comes to Gluten-free baking, the brand of Gluten Free Flour you use matters. I use Cup4Cup or Bob’s Red Mill for baking because they are one-to-one flours and are so close to regular flour. No grittiness at all. (if you have tried any gluten free baking at all, you know this can be a problem).
  • But the KEY to good scones, in general, is that all of your dairy products need to be COLD. You want to keep the butter as cold as possible for as long as possible. The milk too. Scones rely on cold fat for their flakiness.
  • So I tend to freeze my butter, keep my flour in the refrigerator and I put my pastry board in the refrigerator before using it. Just so that everything can stay as chilled as possible.
  • DO NOT OVER BAKE. An over baked scone is a dry scone!
  • Don’t use fat free milk of any kind for the scones. They will be dry. The higher the fat content in your dairy, the more moist and tender your scones will be.

How to Make Gluten Free Blueberry Scones

Pre-Heat your oven to 400,

Add flours, baking soda, sugar into a large bowl and stir to combine

Cut your COLD butter into cubes using your pastry blender

Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mix, until you have pea sized crumbs

easy gluten free blueberry scones

Add Milk, stirring to incorporate

Fold in blueberries

easy gluten free scones

Upend the contents of the bowl onto a cold floured surface and dust your hands with flour

Gently knead to incorporate all the ingredients and then pat into a round disc. But Don’t overwork!

Place dough on greased or parchment-covered cookie sheet

Brush with egg wash or milk.

Sprinkle with sugar

Cut into wedges with a sharp knife ( 8 slices for traditional-sized scones)

easy gluten free blueberry scones

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.

Let cool on a wire rack for 5-10 minutes.

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Gluten Free Scone Varieties to Try

Add in…

  • Lemon zest
  • Lemon juice
  • fresh fruit
  • Chopped almonds or pecans
  • Cranberries
  • chocolate chips

Scone Toppings include:

  • A simple glaze ( 1/2 cup of powdered sugar or 1/2 tsp vanilla)
  • Dusting of confectioner sugar
  • Sprinkle raw coconut sugar

For details, check out the recipe card below.

gluten free scones

Easy Gluten Free Blueberry Scones

LaShawn Wiltz
5 from 4 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Cuisine American
Servings 6 -8

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup diced frozen unsalted butter
  • 2 cups Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour cup4cup or bobs red mill 1 cup almond flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg ( 1 egg white if your mix is too dry)
  • 1 cup blueberries fresh
  • Zest and juice of one lemon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg + 1 tsp water egg wash or 2 tbsp milk

Instructions
 

  • Whisk all purpose flour, almond flour, granulated sugar, lemon zest, salt, and baking powder. Add diced frozen butter and coat with dry mixture.Create a well and add butter milk, an egg and vanilla.
    Mix into almost incorporated.
    fold in the blueberries
    Upend the contents of the bowl onto a cold floured surface and dust your hands with flour
    Gently knead to incorporate all the ingredients and then pat into a round disc. But Don’t overwork!
    Spray a parchment lined baking sheet with non stick baking spray.
    Using a knife or bench scraper, cut 8 slices, but not all the way through. Brush with eggwash or milk
    Bake in 400 degree oven for 12-15 mins or until golden brown Remove from oven and let rest for 5-10 mins.



Notes

 Frozen blueberries can be used, but fresh is best. 
As someone who made the recipe noted: the frozen berries tend to make your whole scone purple! But if you don’t mind, they still taste the same! 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g
Keyword easy gluten free blueberry scones
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Recipe Rating




Kate

Thursday 23rd of May 2024

Delicious and will DEFINATELY make again, but note the following: The written directions don't match the printed text. 1) the long version talks about putting the mixture on a floured board and fold, while the printed recipe says to put directly onto the parchment paper. I think the few folds would indeed make it less crumbly 2) the 1 cup almond flour is always 1 cup no matter if you make 1 batch of 6, or 3x of 18. 3) Had to add some extra egg white because the mixture was so dry. and 4) Specify fresh blueberries. I used frozen and thawed them before using. Turned the scones distinctly purple!

LaShawn Wiltz

Monday 27th of May 2024

THANK YOU!! Thank you so much for these updates. I love it when people actually make the recipe and come back with suggestions to make it better. I agree so much about the bluberries that I added it in And thank you so much for telling me that the printed directions had not been updated!

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Pamela's baking products are not available where I live; wondering what the weight is of a "bag"- I'd try subbing another mix. These look delicious!

Jessica Cassidy

Thursday 25th of June 2015

I want one slice please for my coffee which is am drinking right now. It looks delicious too.