Alas I found a Scone recipe fitting my criteria and I thought what the heck. Let me tell you something, these things tasted like BISCUITS! So good that I made them about a half hour ago and I have to write this blog immediately and divulge all the delicious details.
I strayed from the recipe a bit due to not having enough of the ingredients, so bear with me on this one.
Ingredients:
2 1/4 c. Rice Flour (I fell short and only had 1 3/4 c., so I hesitantly added Bob's Red Mill Baking mix to compensate for the rice flour shortage.)
1/2 c Tapioca Flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp xanthan gum
4 tbsp super fine sugar
1 tsp salt
1 stick butter (I softened this with my hands, not the microwave. I think that works better, so you have not an ounce of melted butter in there)
3/4 c raisins (I used dried raspberries, a bit expensive, but oh so delicious.)
2 eggs
1/2 - 3/4 c plain yogurt (I used FF plain yogurt we had in the fridge and had a little less than 3/4 c. I also added a spoonful of sour cream to up the fat content and add moisture when mixing the dough together.)
Egg wash
Preheat the oven to 475F
Get a pan ready with a piece of Parchment Paper on top of it, so your scones won't stick to the pan while baking. Take out a board to roll the dough out on and dust it with Rice Flour.
Take all dry ingredients and sift them together in a large bowl. Then take your softened butter and gently incorporate it into the dry ingredients. You won't have enough moisture yet to get a ball together so don't fret. Add your raspberries at this point also.
In a small bowl whisk together your yogurt and eggs. Create a well in the dry mixture and pour the egg and yogurt into the center. Mix all the ingredients and form a ball. At this point I added the sour cream and it helped create the ball.
Take the dough and bring it over to your dusted board and roll out to about an inch in thickness and just cut away. Place the scones on the baking pan and put a little egg wash on top. Bake for 10 minutes. And you've got scones!
These are your scones prior to being baked, so you can get an idea of how the start off.
And here's the finished product:
