I can’t wait for you to meet our next sponsor of Celiac Disease Awareness Month with Celiac and the Beast, but first – a story about scones. I’m obsessed with scones. I was before I was gluten-free. I was specifically obsessed with Starbucks’ scones. Of course, I can’t have that now – as I’m celiac and we finally, after years, finally have a gluten-free menu on Starbucks – but it ain’t a scone. In fact, sometimes just seeing my old objects of obsessions at Starbucks makes me not want to walk in the store to get my venti drip. Sometimes, I use the drive-thru, like trying to avoid seeing an ex at a grocery store – just in and out and I don’t want to talk to anyone or see anything. Those scones. Those vanilla bean mini scones. Okay, I’ve got to stop talking about these scones.
But I’ve moved on, and for the better, to gluten-free vegan scones that will knock your socks off. My very talented friend GF Jules has a scone recipe that will help you forget Starbucks or your local coffee shop scones. But even with this recipe, something was still missing. What kind of mix-ins could I use for these scones? Maple and pecans? Check. I can figure that out. But fruit? I used fresh fruit for a while but the day after, any leftover scones had soggy fruit land mines you had to avoid. The solution was dried fruit, but what brand to use?
I ran into Graceland Fruit, a Michigan-based fruit company, at Expo West. There learned about their allergen-free facility where they process their premium dried fruit. I was impressed with their processing, and their minimal ingredients and no artificial colors or flavors. I got to sample their dried fruit, but, let’s face it, at Expo West my belly was already packed full of a strange concoction of gluten-free jerky, chocolate, and probiotic smoothies. It wasn’t the best time to fully evaluate a product! However, I did get to take home a few bags to experiment with. They have since filled a dried-fruit-shaped-hole in my heart when it comes to my scone obsession.
in this scone recipe on GJ Jules’ site. It was easy to replace the eggs with an egg replacer and the dairy with any sort of non-dairy allergen-friendly milk and yogurt. The fruit softened slightly in the baking process, but it didn’t leave any soggy areas that you might have when using fresh fruit. And with Graceland Fruit, I know that the ingredients I use are safe and healthy.
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**This post is sponsored by Graceland Fruit. I was compensated for this post and provided free product.**
I would want to win some cranberries so I can make some muffins
I’d like to try the dried blueberries to make GF blueberry muffins to see how they’d turn out. Miss blueberry muffins!
I would love to try the cherries. Like you, I’m a scone fanatic, so that’s what I’d try them in first.
I’d love to try the berry zest blend in some muffins or pancakes!
I haven’t had much luck with scones, so I’d try the cranberry in some cranberry orange muffins.
I’d love to win any of the fruit. I’d add the blueberries or cherries to chocolate brownies!
Blueberries, for cake.
Their berry zest blend sounds DELICIOUS! I would use them to top my smoothie bowls 🙂
I would love to win the blueberries for muffin recipe.
Being just diagnosed with a new autoimmune disease, I MUST now stick to an anti inflammatory diet. Berries are just what I need to make my salads even better, especially blueberries!!!!
Their dried cherries are THE BEST!
I would love to try the dried cherries
The berry zest blend sounds amazing! I would try to make a fruitcake with it (never tried to make one before!)….but I would probably just end up eating the whole bag straight 🙂
I would love the dried cherries for some scones, of course!
I would like to try the dried cherries and put it in some muffins or pancakes!
I would love to try the dried cherries in a salad!
The dried cherries would be perfect in baked oatmeal.
The zest blend ! I am already thinking about the type of muffins /scones /even pancakes I can make . Perfect for sugar free add a few dates and voila ! Gluten free sugar free and my gut is happy !
I would like to like to win the cherries.
I would love to dry the dried blueberries for my Bobs Red Mill muffins I always make!
I would love to win the cherries. They would be perfect in muffins..
Blueberries I would use them in bread
I’d love to try the blueberries in a muffin recipe!
I would like to try any because I have never tried any of them. Thank you
cherries and in salad
I would love dried cherries or blueberries and make homemade scones and muffins! Yummy!