Chocolate Chip & Cherry Scones - Gluten & Dairy Free
A delicious, heart-healthy treat
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free flour mix
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips reserve 1/2 cup for drizzling
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 1 1/3 cup soy milk or coconut cream you can also use a plain dairy-free yogurt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 tbsp. water or dairy-free butter, melted
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In large bowl, mix gluten-free flour blend, sugar, chocolate chips, and dried cherries.
- In a smaller bowl, mix soy milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir into the flour mixture until soft dough forms, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons additional milk if necessary.
- Once mixture comes together, sprinkle a flat surface with gluten free flour. Turn out mixture onto floured surface and pat into a circle. If circle seems to big, cut in half and make two circles.
- Cut each round into 6 wedges. Place wedges 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove parchment paper with scones to cooling rack.
- While scones cool, melt coconut oil and 1/2 cup chocolate chips in microwave for 2 minutes. Stopping every 30 seconds to stir. Melt and stir until you have a nice drizzle
- Once scones are slightly cool, drizzle with melted chocolate and sift powdered sugar over top if desired.