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Gluten Free Date Scones with Coconut and Pecans

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Date scones with coconut and pecans are light and flaky, with a little nutty crunch. Perfect with a cup of coffee. You’ll want to make a double batch of this gluten free scones recipe!

These step by step directions should help you become a scone expert in no time. Learning how to eat gluten free has never been easier! 

Gluten Free Coconut, Date, and Pecan Scone on a plate. A glass mug of coffee is in the background

I am finally making a sweet scone recipe :-). You will love how easy this date scones recipe comes together!

I have made a lot of savory scones, like these gluten free buckwheat cheddar scones and gluten free delicata squash cornmeal scones, and I thought it was time to make a sweeter scone.

I found some sweet looking dates in our grocery store and I thought these would work well with coconut and pecans.

The top view of two Gluten Free Date Scones on a small burlap bag. The scones are cut in triangle wedges.

How to Make Date Scones Gluten Free

To make the date scones a gluten free scones recipe, I used the Bob’s Red Mill’s new 1 to 1 gluten free flour blend that I picked up at my local Costco. This flour blend is a lot lighter, with more starch, so the date scones are not only flaky, but lighter in texture as well.

The dates and coconut give these scones a light sweetness to them. Even my picky child loves them!

Gluten Free Coconut, Date, and Pecan Scone wedge on a plate. The plate is on a navy colored floral napkin.

These scones are so worth making! (I highly suggest you make a double batch, the whole family is going to devour them.)

If you do make that double batch, feel free to freeze some, because these date scones are completely freezable.

scone dough in a bowl

Step by Step Recipe Instructions

To make these flaky date scones:

  • Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the dry ingredients. Your dough will look grainy like this before you add the wet ingredients.

date scone dough pressed into a circle. Cuts are made to make triangle scones

  • Spread the date scones dough out on parchment paper and make cuts in the dough. Once it is baked you just need to cut it again along those same lines.

Side view of Date Scones on a burlap bag

This gluten free scones recipe makes date scones that are super flaky and packed with coconut and pecans.

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Gluten Free Date Scones with Coconut and Pecans
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Date scones with coconut and pecans are light and flaky, with a little nutty crunch. Perfect with a cup of coffee. You'll want to make a double batch of this gluten free scones recipe! 

Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: date scones, gluten free baking, gluten free scones, recipes with dates
Servings: 6 scones
Calories: 392 kcal
Author: Sandi Gaertner
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour Blend (*Note, my flour blend has xanthan gum included. If yours doesn't, add 1 teaspoon.)
  • 1/2 cup sugar use 1/4 if you use sweetened coconut.
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick butter cold
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup roasted pecans
  • 1/2 cup chopped dates
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl add all dry ingredients.
  3. Whisk to blend.
  4. Add butter in chunks to the flour.
  5. Using a pastry blender, cut butter into the dough until the flour mixture is grainy.
  6. Add wet ingredients and mix ins and stir to blend.
  7. Put a piece of parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.
  8. Sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough and shape it to a round flattened circle about 2 inched tall.
  9. Use a sharp knife to cut slices into the dough (as shown in above photograph.)
  10. Bake for 20-25 minutes until done.
  11. When scones are cooled down, use a knife along cut marks.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Date Scones with Coconut and Pecans
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 392 Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 54mg 18%
Sodium 186mg 8%
Potassium 319mg 9%
Total Carbohydrates 64g 21%
Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 32g
Protein 7g 14%
Vitamin A 1.6%
Calcium 13%
Iron 13.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Delicious!! What a great recipe. My husband keeps eating them on me. I tell him that he can eat anything in the house and he always chooses my gf snacks. He says it’s because everything I make is so good.
    I did substitute coconut palm sugar for the refined sugar.

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  2. Just made these – they are excellent! I substituted buttermilk for the almond milk as I have lots of extra buttermilk to use after I bought a 2 pint carton for a recipe which called for 1/2 cup.

    I used my Cuisinart food processor to mix the ingredients as I don’t have a pastry cutter (amazing as I have just about every other gadget or machine in my kitchen) – worked out great and made the overall recipe very easy to assemble – I just had to be careful to pulse the processor and not over mix.

    thanks for posting this!

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  10. I love the combo of dates, coconut and pecans in these scones. Nice gluten free recipe! I’m always looking for breakfast goodies to go with coffee

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