Best Gluten Free Scones with cheese and bacon

If you like scones I hope this gluten free scones will meet your expectations. After trying a few recipes, I returned to an old well tested one and just adjusted it to my gluten free flour mix. And with a few changes they can be made dairy free too.

Prep

20 min

Time

20 min

Serves

6-8 people

Ingredients

260 g all-purpose flour or GF flour

1 ¼ tsp (5 g) baking powder

½ tsp (2 g) baking soda

½ tsp (2 g) salt

½ tsp (2 g) freshly ground black pepper

½ tsp (2g) ground paprika

100 g cold unsalted butter, diced 

40 g parmesan cheese (can use a sharp cheddar)

25 g bacon, cut into bite sized pieces (about 4 slices)

2 tablespoons chives, finely chopped (can use green onions)

¾ – 1* cup cold buttermilk (or coconut milk)

* Note:  If you need more information on how to create your own gluten free mix check my blog here.
For this gluten free scones, you may need to use 1 cup of liquid depending on the flour mix you use.

Directions

  1. You can make the premix for these gluten free scones ahead of time by mixing all the dry ingredients plus the butter and keeping it in a container in the fridge. I love using my food processor to incorporate the cold butter nicely into the flour mix. You can also make double portions and just add cheese, bacon, chives and buttermilk when you are ready to mix them. 
    1. Preheat your oven to 200 ºC and place the oven rack in the centre of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    2. Add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepper, and paprika to the big bowl of the food processor. Mix for 5 seconds.
    3. Put the butter into the flour mixture and process it for 15-20 seconds until the butter is incorporated into the flour.
    4. Transfer the flour mixture into a big bowl. Stir in the grated parmesan, bacon, and chives.
    5. Add about ¾  cup of the buttermilk to the flour mixture and stir just until the dough starts to come together.  Add more buttermilk, if needed. Do not over mix the dough or the scones will be tough.
    6. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead the dough gently until it comes together. Form into an 18-20 cm circle. Cut into 6-8 slices.
    7. Place the scones on the baking sheet spacing about 5 cm apart. Brush the tops of the scones with buttercream or milk.
    8. Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centre of a scone comes out clean. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

I learned to bake scones from this amazing website many years ago and now my kids follow her too.  Here is the original recipe Bacon and Cheese Scones – Joyofbaking.com *Video Recipe*