Rustic Oatmeal Raisin Sour Cream Scones (Gluten Free)

First of all, these aren’t the scones that you would expect to find at a tea room—these are hearty, breakfast scones! And when I made them for breakfast yesterday morning, I developed the recipe on the fly (but that’s normal for me) with no intention of sharing the recipe on the blog. But because several people have requested the recipe, I decided to post it here to make it easier to share.

When I make scones, I usually make the tea room variety—soft and delicate; however, because I am running out of the kind of flour that I use for that recipe and because I am completely out of the heavy cream used in my normal recipe, I decided to come up with a recipe using what I have on hand. I have plenty of gluten-free oatmeal right now, and I have some sour cream.

So….here’s the recipe:

Rustic Oatmeal Raisin Sour Cream Scones

2 cups gluten-free oats, ground into flour (I use the dry container on my Vitamix) or use oat flour

1 cup almond flour

1/4 cup golden flaxseeds, ground into meal (again I use my Vitamix)

1/4 cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

3/4 tsp. salt

2/3 cup raisins

3/4 cup sour cream

Water to moisten as necessary

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix dry ingredients and raisins in medium-size mixing bowl. Stir in sour cream until it has become incorporated and dough is crumbly. Add water as necessary to get the correct texture for rolling and cutting the scones. (If it is too dry, it will crumble when rolling them out. If it is too moist, it will be too sticky). Once the dough can be rolled into a ball without being too sticky, roll or pat it into a circle on a piece of parchment paper. Then cut into 8 wedges. Put the scones onto a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Cool! Enjoy with a cup of tea (or coffee).

I was planning to scoop them onto my cookie sheet, but Ellie (the 5-year old) protested greatly, saying that they wouldn’t have the right flavor if I didn’t!

Once upon a time I worked in a tea room and made the food on Saturday mornings. You can read more about that experience and see pictures of a tea party that I hosted a few years ago in this post Tea and Travel. I have some very exciting news—the lady who owned the tea room has given me permission to share her recipes with you on my blog! So, stay tuned for the real Mrs. Hardesty’s Tea Room recipes to become available to you here in the future!

And since you have read all the way to the end, I will share a funny story with you:

My girls enjoy taking their food outside for “picnics.” Ellie especially likes taking a cup of tea outside to enjoy. Yesterday morning, Ellie, as usual asked to take her tea and scones outside. I gave permission, and of course, Emma wanted to do the same. But she didn’t finish eating her scones and started playing. They came in for morning bath time and forgot to bring in the leftover scone. After her bath, Emma asked about her scone. I asked if she had forgotten to bring it in—she had. So I went out and picked up their dishes from the front step. Her plate had a small piece of scone on it. She looked at it and asked, “But where is the big scone?” She had taken two scones out, and had only eaten part of one. She was very perplexed about what happened to it. I casually said, “Maybe a squirrel got it.” A few minutes later, I heard Ellie yelling from the playroom window, “Mom, there’s a squirrel outside with a piece of scone.” Sure enough, the squirrel ate the last scone yesterday. And the girls learned an important lesson—always bring food inside after picnics!