The Best Gluten Free Pumpkin Scones

When a sweet pumpkin treat is calling, look no further than this recipe for the best gluten free pumpkin scones.

These delicious scones taste like something you’d find in an expensive bakery. Maybe sitting in Paris sipping some tea. Ah! But even if you can’t be in Paris, you can still eat like you are.

I love these scones for so many reasons but the spiced glaze adds that extra special touch that takes them from delicious to out-of-this-world-amazing.

Kind of like how I felt about this chocolate glaze on these baked donuts. Mmmm. Equally delicious!

These beauties are made just like traditional scones except with so much more to love – they’re gluten free, nut free, soy free and can even be made dairy free!

But you’d never know it.

Serve them to your pickiest eater. I promise they’ll eat them up without even the slightest hint that they could be gluten free.

I’m pretty sure I went through about 5 different variations of this recipe before finally concluding that this version was the best. Adding eggs, taking eggs out, adjusting flours, taking out flours… So after a pile of not-so-delicious pumpkin scones, it was like an ah-ha moment of glory when this one baked to perfection.

Helpful tip: No matter how much you love pumpkin (guilty!) don’t use too much otherwise you end up with a batter than doesn’t hold it’s shape aka. Not scones!

Here are a few other tips for making the best gluten free dairy free pumpkin scones

Cold butter

This is the easiest and also the hardest part of this recipe. But, being completely honest… cold butter is just plain hard to work with. It’s so tempting to let it warm just a little bit to make it easier to cut into the flour. But don’t do it! The warmer it gets, the more spreading will occur while baking.

Just cut the butter up into 6 tablespoons and using a pastry blender, ‘cut’ the butter into the flour. The flour mixture should be dotted with butter pieces. Small chunks of butter are ok. In fact, little chunks will help the scones develop a tender, high rising texture.

Shaping the dough

One of the things I love about this scone recipe is how easy the dough is to shape. It actually reminds me of this bagel dough. The consistency is amazing. It’s like the ingredients just come together and, by some stroke of luck, just hold their shape. (Or maybe it’s your awesome scone-making technique!)

Either way, just make sure all that butter is incorporated into the dough and then carefully turn it out onto the parchment paper to shape.

The dough should be easy to work with. Use your hands and shape it into a disk, about 1 ½ inches thick. Then, using a sharp knife, cut the disk into 6 portions.

Refrigerate the scones

After testing this many ways, refrigerating the scones before baking is definitely a must. Maybe it goes back to the butter or maybe cold scone dough just bakes better, whatever it is, getting the dough really cold just works.

I am so excited to hear what you think about this recipe. Now I’m going back to my coffee and daydreaming about Paris!

Recipe

Gluten Free Pumpkin Scones

The very best gluten free pumpkin scone recipe with a delicious glaze. 

5 from 3 votes

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Course: bread, Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Refrigeration time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 scones

Calories: 343kcal

Author: Christine

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 ½ cups gluten free flour blend
• ▢ ½ cup white sugar
• ▢ 3 tsp. baking powder
• ▢ 1 ½ tsp. psyllium husk powder
• ▢ 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• ▢ ½ tsp. salt
• ▢ 6 Tbsp. cold butter cut up
• ▢ ½ cup pure pumpkin
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1 Tbsp. milk
• ▢ 1 Tbsp. plain Greek yogurt
• ▢ 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Glaze

• ▢ ½ cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1-2 Tbsp. milk
• ▢ ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
• ▢ dash pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

• Prepare a baking pan with a sheet of parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, add the flour blend, white sugar, baking powder, psyllium husk powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Mix well.
• Add the butter pieces and using a pastry blender, cut the butter in until the butter has been mostly incorporated in (some small chunks are ok).
• In a large bowl, add the pumpkin, egg, milk, Greek yogurt and vanilla. Mix together.
• Add the dry ingredients to the large bowl with the wet ingredients. Mix together until the dough comes together.
• Turn the dough out onto the parchment paper. Using your hands, form it into a round disk, about 1 ½ inches tall.
• Using a sharp knife, cut the disk into 6 sections. Don’t separate the pieces yet.
• Place the pan with the cut pieces into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 425 F.
• While the oven is preheating, remove the scones from the refrigerator and using a flat spatula, carefully separate each one. Arrange the scones with space in between each one to allow for spreading.
• Bake for 15 – 17 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool.

Combine glaze ingredients.

• Once scones have cooled completely, drizzle glaze over the scones. Enjoy!

Notes

• Make sure the ingredients are at room temperature.
• Forming the scone dough into a round disk makes cutting easier. Use a sharp knife for cutting!
• Let scones cool before adding glaze otherwise it will melt off.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 282mg | Potassium: 301mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 3586IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 154mg | Iron: 2mg

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