Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Scones - Rhian's Recipes (2024)

These Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Scones aremoist and fluffy,fragrantly spiced andperfectly rich. They're great for dessert, breakfast or a snack and perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Why you'll love these Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Scones:

• they're undetectably vegan and gluten-free
• they're seriously moist
• they're perfectly spiced
• they're rich and "buttery"
• they're refined sugar free
• they're easily customisable
• they're easy to make
• they come together in one bowl!

What is the difference between American and British scones?

These Pumpkin Scones are American scones, which are quite different from British scones. Differences between American and British scones:

1. The shape: American scones are triangular, British scones are circular
2. The way they’re baked: American scones are made by making a round shape with the dough and cutting before baking, whereas British scones are made by cutting out individual circles from the dough
3. The way they’re eaten: British scones are sliced in half and eaten with clotted cream and strawberry jam whereas American scones are often covered with a glaze and eaten whole

How to make these Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Scones

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the full recipe.

• Mix together all the ingredients for the dough in a glass mixing bowl.

Tip: Add the plant-based milk a bit at a time to ensure you don’t add too much - the dough should be soft, but firm enough to mould easily.

• Line a rectangular baking tray with greased baking paper.
• Use your hands to shape the dough into a slightly circular shape about 2 cm (1 inch) thick.

Tip: You can use a rolling pin, but I like to avoid floured surfaces and all the faff that comes along with that, so I prefer to just use my hands as it’s easier. You can use a floured rolling pin if you like, but there’s no need to use a floured surface as the baking paper works to stop the dough from sticking.

• Once you’ve got that circular shape, just use a knife to carve lines into the surface of the dough - it's kind of like cutting a pizza, but don't cut it all the way through to the bottom!

• Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until browned and an inserted skewer comes out clean.

• Leave to cool on a cooling rack before cutting up properly.

Tips for making the glaze:

• Mix together the coconut oil and the maple syrup - if coconut oil is solid then use a small whisk to combine.
• If the mixture is quite liquidy, I’d recommend placing in the fridge for a bit for it to firm up slightly.
• Make sure the scones have cooled completely before drizzling over the glaze (if you want it to look nice), otherwise hot scones will melt the glaze.

How long do these Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Scones keep for?

These Pumpkin Scones do taste best when fresh, but keep covered in the fridge for up to a few days - they're delicious reheated in an oven toaster!

Substitutions you can make to this recipe:

• you can use any type of oil: coconut oil, olive oil or vegetable oil
• you can use any type of plant-based milk: almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk etc
• you can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc
• you can replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground walnuts or ground sunflower seeds
• you can use plain flour,wholemeal (whole wheat) flouror spelt flourinstead of the gluten-free flour if you’re not gluten-free
• for a nut-free version: use ground sunflower seeds instead of ground almonds and a nut-free plant-based milk
• you can use shop-bought pumpkin purée or make your own
• you can replace the pumpkin purée with sweet potato purée
• you can sprinkle over coconut sugar before baking
• you can sprinkle over chopped pecan nuts before baking
• you can add dried cranberries to the dough.

More vegan pumpkin recipes:

• Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
• Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
• No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
• Pumpkin Brownies
• Pumpkin Muffins
• Pumpkin Cake

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