Soya Flour Scones (gf)

Paprika, Sundried Tomatoes, Carrot and Pumpkin seed Scones

Savoury Scone

Raisin and honey Scone

I woke up this morning to the smell of freshly baked scones and I  nearly cracked! This is my Gluten-free week, and my sister makes 12 golden beauties that I'm unable to eat... So I set to making my own gf 'scones' from soya flour.

Soya flour was the only gf flour that I had in the house so I didn't have much choice in what I could choose. So I tried my best and followed my baking instincts!

Soya flour has a distinctive flavour, but being half Japanese I've grown up eating it in a number of different dishes, so I like it but I think it is one of those flavours that some people like and others don't.

I made a batch of savoury scones and a batch of sweet scones and I have to say that the sweet ones tasted a lot better! Soya flour has a element of sweetness and therefore lends itself better to sweet ingredients (honey and raisins) than savoury ingredients (paprika, dried tomatoes, carrot and pumpkin seeds).

These scones aren't exactly the same as a regular gluten free scone, but are moist on the inside and crisp on the outside and are more similar to a scone than any other bake I can think of!

The savoury scone mixture before adding milk

 METHOD
Raisin and Honey Soya Scones

I added 1 cup of soya flour and 1/4 cup of corn flour to a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and then added my ingredients. So for the sweet ones I added what I found I my cupboard. Today I used a couple of tbs of honey and a hand full of raisins. I then combined it with enough milk to make it into a soft dough and then put it on tray and patted it down into a rectangle and sliced into squares.
I then baked it for 20 min in a preheated oven of gas mark 5. Simple, but the result was rather delicious for a first try!