Gluten Free Date Bacon Scones
In the mood for something that’s smoky, salty and sweet? Then you’ve gotta try these Gluten-Free Date and Bacon Scones. With a side of honey and a shot of coffee – they are sure to get you off to an energizing start!
Apparently, there are more than 200 million blogs out there and somehow we happened to have bumped into each other out here on the interwebs ~ and for that I am so grateful! To all of y‘all that come by and read or comment or share your lives with me – thank you! These past 2.5 years of blogging have been such an unexpectedly joyous ride because of y’all.
Another joyous aspect of blogging has been those recipe challenges that happen to come my way. These “Date and Bacon Scones” are the result of one of those challenges – conducted by The Recipe Redux. Every month The Recipe Redux offers its members a challenge. And this month, the 54th birthday month of The Recipe Redux, all members were challenged to adapt a recipe from the 54th or 154th page of a cookbook.
I’d been thumbing through America’s Test Kitchen’s “The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook [Vol 2]” and on the 54th page of it were some currant scones. Well, I didn’t have any currants on hand – but I had dates. And, well, I was in the mood for something sweet and salty and smoky – so, I decided to replicate these scones with dates and bacon. I also subbed in coconut oil for butter and ricotta for sour cream – because well I love baking with coconut oil and ricotta is a new favorite of mine and the resulting scones were truly delectable. I enjoyed mine with a generous drizzle of honey, but my daughter preferred her’s straight up with a light smear of butter.
Love scones? Make sure to check out these lemon poppyseed ones too!
I sure hope y’all get to make these and enjoy them over the next few days – and I sure hope each and every one of y’all have a wonderfully joyous Christmas!
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten free flour
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar - or brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon xantham gum
- 4 tablespoons solid coconut oil cold
- 1/2 cup ricotta
- 1 egg
- 1 - 2 strips bacon crumbled
- 5-6 dates chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Using a fork (or food processor) mix flour, sugar, baking powder, xantham gum, together
- Then add in the coconut oil and mix it in till mixture resembles breadcrumbs
- Add in the ricotta and the egg and dates and bacon and roll dough into a ball
- Then roll out dough into a circle and cut it into 6 pieces or scones
- Then bake scones on a parchment lined baking tray for 12 to 14 minutes
Nutrition
What a delicious sounding scone recipe!! I am bookmarking this to make later!!
Thanks so much Cathleen!
I am SO happy we have become friends! I am truly very grateful to have “met” you through this community, Shashi! I LOVE scones, and these look FABULOUS! Loving the sweet, salty and savory combination here! I want to stay in my jammies and devour these babies! Hope the holidays have been treating you well! Cheers and warm wishes for a beautiful New Year, girlfriend! <3
Cheyanne I am so incredibly glad to have stumbled by your space – I simply adore your voice and I have to stop myself from driving over to get a nibble at your table! <3 you sweet friend and thanks so much!
You seriously come up with the best flavor combos!!! I love these scones! the dates are such a great idea!!!!
Thanks so much Alice – Happy New Year to you and your lovely family!xx
Dates and bacon in a scone! This is something I would have never thought of, but now it seems like the most perfect ingredient pairing in the world 😀 Looking forward to making these, have pinned for later
Thank you so very much Ally! Happy New Year! 🙂
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Shashi! The scones sound fantastic!
Thanks so very much Manali – Hope you and your family had a wonderful Holiday!
I love these ATK cookbooks! I have a small collection of them! These scones look great!
Thanks so much Aggie – I’ve gotta start collecting them – this is my first one and I have been enjoying it – learned so much from it!
Glad I bumped into you, too. Super recipe — thanks. Happy Holidays, and see you next year.
So glad to have bumped in you to KR! Thanks so much and Happy New Year!!!
i’m so glad i bumped into you!!! love your voice, recipes, and umm…. bacon!
I <3 you too sweet friend! Happy New Year! xx
Dear Shasi, what a creative and clever idea. I am so intrigued by these scones…I would love to try one! Have a beautiful and blessed Christmas and New Year. xoxo, Catherine
Dear Catherine – thanks so very much and I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! Happy 2016! xoxo
I love recipe challenges where you are given a page number in a book to use 🙂
I enjoyed this too Tandy! 🙂
What a great adaptation you made! Love the combination of dates and bacon, sweet and salty, sounds delish! Merry Christmas to you Shashi!
Thanks so much Chris! Hope You and your family had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! 🙂
Love sweet, salty and smoky! These look wonderful.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season, Shashi, thank you for your friendship and support! Here’s to many, many more 🙂
Nazneen
Thanks so much Nazneen – hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday! xx
I would never have thought of this type of scone! Genius! Any thoughts on a dairy free sub for the ricotta?
Hey Nicole thanks so much! As for a dairy free option, have you tried dairy free cream cheese? It seems to work pretty well for me. Happy New Year!
Hey Nicole thanks so much! As for a dairy free option, have you tried dairy free cream cheese? It seems to work pretty well for me. Happy New Year 🙂
Oh my goodness! The combination of dates and bacon sounds so good. I love a fresh baked scone!
Thanks so much Christin!
Sashi, I was just thinking about how long we’ve known each other. REally, it’s amazing and I cherish your friendship a lot.
Your blog has been a pot of imagination and great ideas, just like this one. I love dates and my little one bacon, we know we’ll love this. I’m gonna pin it to make sometime.
Happy Holidays and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your lovely girl there.
xoxo
Aww Asha – I am so grateful for your friendship – and look forward to meeting one day soon. Thanks so much for your kind words my sweet friend! xoxo
P.S. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and Happy 2016!