Spiced Pear & Cacao Scones - Recipe

Serves

Prep in

10 minutes

Cooks in

20 minutes

There’s something about a scone. Whether it’s the nostalgia (my grandma was a prolific & perfect scone maker) or perhaps it’s the fact that the texture is that perfect cross between biscuit & cake, whatever the reason I just know that I love them!

Now it may seem an insurmountable challenge to create that perfect crumbly & yet buttery texture without butter, but we all know I love a culinary puzzle & well to cut a long story short these beauties deliver everything you’d want & MORE.

The combination of sweet spices & delicate pear with cacao remove the need for additional sweeteners, the combination of the naturally gluten free flours with ground & whole oats provide nuttiness & that texture we were looking for, & then we swoop in & add chocolate which to my mind only ever benefits a situation.

So yes today we make scones, but we make scones my way, I’ll leave the pronunciation up to you though 🙂

Key Facts

Sugar, Gluten & Dairy Free
High Fibre, High Protein
Prep Ahead - Use Within 4 Days
Freezes Well

Ingredients

125g ground almonds
100g rice flour
50g oat flour
20g jumbo oats
10ml water
75ml almond, cashew or oat milk
1 organic egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 heaped tablespoon Creative Nature raw cacao
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2 scoops marine collagen (optional)
1 ripe pear

Preparation

01

Preheat your oven to 200C, line a tray with parchment.

02

Add all your dry ingredients to a bowl, mix well.

03

Halve the pear, remove the core. Add 1/2 to a blender with the egg, water & chosen milk, purée then add to your bowl. Mix to combine.

04

Form a ball, sprinkle your tray with some extra flour & press out into a round ~ 3-4cm thick, cut into 8 & add a slice of the remaining 1/2 of the pear to the top of each piece.