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Last Updated on April 30, 2025
Ok, you’re probably looking at these and thinking it’s a cookie but it’s not, it’s a scone. When I was was working on my ebook I came up with a version of this recipe. The flavor is amazing. Soft, vanilla and sweet. However I could not for the life of me get it to hold together. At first I thought it should be a pancake recipe. It crumbled and fell apart. Then I tried waffles, nope. Next I tried to make it into a cupcake and the consistency was horrible. Finally, I figured it was time to try making Paleo Vanilla Scones. The dough spreads out like a cookie but it has more of a sweet bread consistency and it is AWESOME with some sort of fruit only jam.
After I took my first bite of the scone, I realized it needed to cook a tad bit longer. I put it in the oven for 8 more minutes and it was much darker and crispier than the photo shows. I’ve addressed this in the recipe but if you pull it out of the oven and it’s too soft in the center for you, put it back in for roughly 5 more minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of applesauce
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoon B grade maple syrup
- 1 Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 3 Tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
Instructions
- In a small bowl add your applesauce, vinegar, water, salt, vanilla, maple syrup and eggs.
- Whisk to combine.
- Next sift in your coconut flour and tapioca flour.
- Blend with a spoon
- Finally add in your baking soda and then scoop a walnut size amount of the dough and place on a Silpat or parchment paper.
- Press the dough so it is 1/2" thick. Leave about 1" between as this will spread.
- Bake in the oven at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes
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I could eat a few right now!!
Pinning for later, these look great.
I’d like to eat one right now too! They look so yummy.
YUM! Pinned to my Paleo board to try out!
Thank you! I hope you like it 🙂
These look almost like cookies!
They look & sound great.
These sound so delicious, thanks for sharing!
Yummy!! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I’ve never made scones before, but I’ll definitely give these a try!
I really do have a crush on you LOL. These look awesome. Now to figure out what tapioca flour is and where to get it.
Aw, well, if we lived closer I would make you an official taste tester!
They sound great Kelly. I’m gonna pin it for later.
These look beautiful! I love when a recipe doesn’t turn out how you initially envisioned it, but it turns into something else, even better, instead. 🙂
I was seriously surprised that this spread. Most coconut flour creations don’t do this but it tasted awesome and finally stayed in one piece.
Do you deliver? I’m not far, momma~!
You know I might have to take you up on that soon 🙂
Looks tasty…love scones.
So yummy looking!
That looks SO good! I want to make those like, today.
As long as I can eat it, you can call it anything you’d like!
Oh yum!
Those look great!
dont kill me but I’ve never had a Scone. I’m not sure why either, lol.
These look and sound completely delish though!
Oh yay no nut flours – definitely need to try!
YUM! I may even have all of these ingredients on hand.
These look great. Have you ever added dried fruit to these? Maybe dried cherries or apricots?
No, I haven’t but that sounds like a great way to jazz up the recipe 🙂
Is it just me or am I missing something? When do you add in the vinegar? I don’t see that in the steps. Thanks!
Whoops, you add in at the beginning with all the other ingredients. Just updates the post so thanks for pointing that our Renee!
I am trying to make this but it is not dough like at all. very liquid. what am I doing wrong?
I’m not sure hun. Did you check your coconut flour measurement? It is a flour that takes a minute to “set” up as it absorbs the liquid.
I miss my bread and definitely my scones! I will try these ASAP. Kelly, your recipes are so amazing…but I have to ask…where do you come up with your ideas and how do you transpose (for lack of a better term) from original flour-based to these amazing Paleo recipes???
You are the reason I keep trying breads/muffins/cookies, etc. I so miss my desserts and you have enough variety in your recipes to keep me stocked forever. Thank you, thank you for taking the time to share your amazing cooking and baking skills with Paleo-neophytes like myself.
You are a gem and I so appreciate you!!!
Thank you so much Jennie. Honestly, I just kinda figured it out along the way lol. I did actually create a chapter in my book, Paleo Eats, where I share a big baking tutorial so people can recreate the baked goods recipes they grew up with 🙂
These are in the oven as we speak. I didn’t have maple syrup so I used honey instead and I added pumpkin spice. Smells amazing, can’t wait to try them. Thanks for the recipe!
Yum! I hope they turned out great Suki!