Gluten Free Scones (Plain or Fruit) (2024)

These Gluten Free Scones are THE easiest gluten free bake and perfect for an afternoon tea. Whether you like plain scones or fruit scones, this gluten free recipe is the ideal treat to serve up with cream and jam. Only 7 ingredients and ready in 30 minutes!

Gluten free scones are a classic British bake, similar to American biscuits, and usually served up as part of a gluten free afternoon tea or a cream tea with clotted cream and jam.

Of course, being from North Devon I firmly believe it should be cream before jam – but I don’t mind if you serve up fruit scones or plain scones!

This easy gluten free scone recipe only uses a few ingredients and is perfect for beginners.

Try serving them up alongside other classic British bakes like my Gluten Free Victoria Sponge, Gluten Free Carrot Cake or Battenberg Cake.

And of course if you want a savoury version check out my Gluten Free Cheese Scones or my Chilli Cheese Scones too.

Why make this scone recipe?

• 100% Gluten Free – Why miss out on the foods you love because you have coeliac disease? It’s easy to make scones gluten free.
• Just 7 Ingredients – You don’t need any complicated ingredients to make these gluten free scones, just a few storecupboard basics.
• Perfect for beginners – Scones are such an easy bake, anyone can make them, even if you’re new to baking. They’re great for making with kids.
• Make ahead – These scones are simple to make ahead of time and you can freeze them if you want to prepare them in advance.

This recipe is for plain scones with an option to turn them into fruit scones if you prefer. Or why not make a batch of both!?

Ingredients and Substitutions

There’s a full printable recipe card below, but to give you an idea how easy these are to make, I’ll share the ingredients here too.

To make this easy gluten free scones recipe you will need:

• Gluten Free Self-Raising Flour – If you don’t have self-rising flour, simply add 1 tsp of baking powder per 100g of gluten free plain flour or all purpose gluten free flour to make your own.
• Caster Sugar – US readers, you’ll need a baker’s sugar or superfine sugar.
• Unsalted Butter – For a dairy free recipe you could use a hard, vegan margarine instead.
• Egg – I use egg in my scones, though I know some recipes don’t. I just find it helps with the texture and creates a softer scone, especially with gluten free flour.
• Milk – For dairy free scones you can use dairy free milk like almond, soya or gluten free oat milk.
• Baking Powder – Most baking powders nowadays are gluten free but always double check, as some still aren’t.
• Xanthan Gum – This makes the scone dough easier to work with and less crumbly.
• Dried Fruit – If you’re making fruit scones, you will need raisins, sultanas or a mix of both to add to the scone mix. Currants would also work.

Variations

Want to try something a little bit different using this scone recipe as a base? Here are a few ideas you could try…

• Blueberry Scones – try adding a handful or two of blueberries to your mixture for fruity bursts throughout your blueberry scones.
• Chocolate Chips – Chocolate makes everything better in my eyes, so why not switch the dried fruit for chocolate to make chocolate chip scones?
• Lemon Scones – Add some lemon zest to the scone mixture for a subtle but delicious citrus taste. Orange zest would also work well.

How to make gluten free scones

There’s a printable recipe card below, but here are some step-by-step photos to guide you through how to make gluten free scones:

First, rub the butter and dry ingredients together, a little like you would if making gluten free pastry or a gluten free crumble topping.

Then add the milk and egg, bringing the mixture together into a sticky dough.

Once you have your dough you can roll it out, cut your scones and bake them on a lined baking sheet – it’s really that simple.

Make sure you cut the scones thick – they won’t rise a lot – and don’t overwork the dough too much when bringing the scraps back together.

To make fruit scones, add the dried fruit such as sultanas or raisins to the dough before rolling it out, ensuring the fruit is mixed through evenly.

Don’t forget to brush the tops with some extra milk before baking for a lovely golden top too. A sprinkle of sugar makes them extra special!

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