This is a great, fruity treat. If you want something barely sweetened, skip the maple lemon glaze and eat it plain. It’s a wonderful snack with a cup of tea or coffee. The glaze turns it into a healthy dessert.
For the scones:
1 ¾ cups almond meal*
½ tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. sea salt
1 egg
1 tbs. maple syrup
¼ cup coconut oil
2 tbs. lemon juice
1 tbs. lemon zest
½ cup chopped dried apricots
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the scones, mix the dry ingredients in a small bowl.
- Mix the wet ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Fold in the apricots and lemon zest.
- Shape the dough into triangles using 2 tbs. dough for each scone.
- Bake on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes.
- Let them cool on a rack.
For the glaze:
3 tbs. maple syrup
2 tbs. lemon juice
- Combine the glaze ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Bring close to a boil and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Drizzle the glaze over the scones while they’re still warm.
*Note: These also taste great with white whole wheat flour. Use 1 1/2 cups flour. The dough will be drier, so add a little orange juice, apple juice, or water until it comes together.
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Wow! Those look lovely!
Thanks! I look forward to checking out your recipes. I’m always looking for real food inspiration.
Always good to find like minds! Thanks for coming by.
Scones are one of my favorites treats, and these look fabulous! Can’t wait to try them.
Great! Let me know how you like them.
Another recipe I had to make as soon as I read it! Used whatever was in the kitchen so had to sub chopped dates for apricots. I left out the egg because instead of almond flour I ground some soaked nuts that were sitting in the fridge. The lemon & syrup combo is great, I could have eaten the batter raw! But I did bake it as small cookies (afraid they would fall apart in larger scone form) and they were ready in 15 minutes. DELICIOUSNESS!!! I will need to get some dried apricots and enjoy them again. Thank you for this awesome recipe!
(update: by the time I was done writing this, 7 cookies have deliciously disappeared!)
I’m so glad you liked it! I’m excited to be trying your avocado chocolate mousse tonight. Avocados are on sale at my Stop and Shop this week, and the avocados are ripe and ready to go.
I can’t wait to try this – they look so delicious!
Thanks! I hope you like them.
never baked with almond meal, can’t wait to try these. Scones are one of my favorite things.
I hope you like them, Angie! It’s nice to get a little extra protein from the almond meal, and the flavor is delicious.