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Gluten and Sugar-Free Lemon and Poppy Seed Scones
[Photograph: Leo Gong]
If you like a little tart with your sweet, try these scones from The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking. Best of all, they're a quick and easy teatime treat.
Reprinted with permission from The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking by Peter Reinhart & Denene Wallace. Copyright © 2012. Published by 10 Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 20 to 24 scones |
| Active time: | 15 minutes |
| Total time: | 45 minutes |
| This recipe appears in: | Bake the Book: Gluten and Sugar-Free Lemon Poppyseed Scones |
Ingredients
- 4 cups (1 lb / 454 g) almond flour
- 1 1/4 cups Splenda or Stevia Extract in the Raw, or 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons New Roots Stevia Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 3 eggs (5.25 oz / 149 g)
- 1/2 cup (4 oz / 113 g) fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup (2 oz / 57 g) salted butter or margarine, melted
- 3 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia
Procedures
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1
Position 2 oven racks in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats or lightly mist them with spray oil.
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In a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, Splenda, baking powder, salt, and poppy seeds and whisk until well mixed. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, lemon juice, butter, lemon zest, vanilla, and liquid stevia together until thoroughly blended. Add the flour mixture and stir with a large spoon for 1 to 2 minutes to make a thick, sticky batter that will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon
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3
Drop the batter onto the prepared pans, using 2 heaping tablespoons of batter per scone and spacing them 2 inches apart.
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4
Bake for 10 minutes, then rotate the pans and switch racks and bake for about 10 more minutes, until the scones are golden brown and firm to the touch.
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5
Immediately transfer the scones to a wire rack and let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
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