Dairy Free Cranberry or Blueberry Lemon Scones

photo by recipe author

Servings: 10
Preparation Time: 25 minutes

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon whole cane sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon organic lemon peel, zested
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup palm shortening
1/2 cup organic dried cranberries or blueberries
3/4 cup coconut milk*

Scones

Preheat oven to 450° F.

In a bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon peel, salt, and baking soda. Using a mixer or pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add dried fruit; toss until well mixed.

Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add coconut milk all at once. Stir until just moistened.

Place dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead dough by folding and gently pressing for 10 – 12 strokes, or until dough is nearly smooth. Pat or lightly roll dough until 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough with a floured round cutter.

Place dough circles on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking sheet; cool about 5 minutes.

After cooling drizzle scones with prepared Lemon Glaze if desired and serve warm.

To Make Lemon Glaze

In a small bowl combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest, 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, and 3-4 teaspoons fresh coconut milk; enough to reach glazing consistency.

To Make Fresh Homemade Coconut Milk

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Published on February 22, 2017

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2 Comments

Diane March 23, 2017 at 1:28 pm - Reply

I eat Paleo , can you substitute the sugar for honey or maple syrup and the flour for coconut ?

Admin - Orissa March 27, 2017 at 1:53 pm - Reply

Diane, yes. Here is an article about How to Use Raw Honey in Place of Sugar in Baking: https://healthimpactnews.com/2014/how-to-use-raw-honey-in-place-of-sugar-in-baking/

Here is an article about How to Use Coconut Flour, I hope this article will be a helpful guide to you as you experiment with converting a wheat flour recipe to coconut flour: http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/how-to-use-coconut-flour-3/

A lot of recipes containing wheat flour can be converted to 100% coconut flour, but this will take time and practice. Coconut flour behaves differently from recipe to recipe, so a lot of tweaking and adjusting will have to be done.

If you do convert this to coconut flour, I’m sure other readers would benefit from hearing you share what you did, if you want to come back and comment about your experience with this recipe, later. <3

Dairy Free Cranberry or Blueberry Lemon Scones