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Blood Orange Scones with Cacao

Ingredients

For the scones

  • 2 cups all purpose gluten free flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup almond milk
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ½ cup Olivia's Blood Orange Olive Oil
  • ¼ cup cacao nibs

For the glaze

  • cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon blood orange juice freshly squeezed

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In a small bowl, combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Stir to combine.
  • Add almond milk mixture, maple syrup, and blood orange olive oil to dry ingredients, stirring to combine, fold in cacao nibs. The mixture will be oily - much more than traditional scones make with cold butter.
  • On a lined cookie sheet, roll or press mixture until it is ¾ inch thick.
  • Use a small cookie cutter to cut out your hearts and place on a separate lined cookie sheet. Continue to do so until you have used the entire dough. Mine yielded 16 miniature scones.
  • Place scones in the freezer for 15 minutes.
  • Bake scones, straight from the freezer, for 13 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.
  • Once cooled, make glaze.
  • Start with powdered sugar and add blood orange juice one teaspoon at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
  • Dip scones and allow glaze to set.