Gluten Free Maple-Walnut Scone and Christmas Quiche

Good morning friends!! It's Christmas!!

As a part of my Christmas gift to the fam, I made some scones and quiche... gluten-free, of course! Gotta give dad's tummy a break every once in a while. Once again, I've never made a gluten free scone or quiche crust, but they turned out pretty good!!

Scone Ingredients

2 cups gluten free all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup unsalted cold butter
1/2 cup cold buttermilk
1/2 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
1 cold egg
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 an apple, chopped (I used Gala)
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Scone-Makings

Set the oven to 350.

Combine all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon).

Add the pieces of butter to the dry ingredients, cutting them in until all is well combined. Place this bowl in the freezer for about 5-10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a skillet, combine about a tablespoon of butter with your walnuts and small chopped up pieces of apple.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, yogurt, and egg. Take the dry ingredients out of the freezer, and gradually add the wet ingredients in, stirring continually until your dough is smooth. Throw in the walnut-apple mix, and continue to mix... at this point, I just used my hands.

Dump the dough onto a parchment-covered baking sheet, and break up the dough into your scone shapes. Most people make them into triangles, bu I chose hearts. To each his own!

Bake for about 50 minutes, until they're golden brown.

Meanwhile,  make the maple glaze for the scones by whisking together the vanilla, confectioners sugar, and maple syrup. Once the scones have cooled a bit, you can drizzle this glaze on top.

And then you can eat them! Yum!




Quiche Ingredients

for the crust
1 1/2 cups gluten free all-purpose flour
2 tsp. salt
1/2 stick cold butter
1 Tb. white sugar
ice cold water
2 Tb. cold milk

for the filling 
7 eggs
1 cup milk (I used 1%)
3/4 cups feta cheese
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
a bunch of fresh spinach
half yellow onion, chopped
handful of sliced mushrooms
bacon!

Quiche-Making

You know the drill for the crust... combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in the cold butter using a whisk or food processor, until you get lots of little pea-sized balls. Then slowly add in your cold milk and then your icy-cold water, just a bit at a time, until your dough smooths out. Spray your pie pan, and then squish out your pie crust to fit. Or you could actually roll it out and put it in the pan nicely. I'm just not that fancy. I set the oven at about 350 and baked the crust for about 7 minutes, and took it out to cool in the fridge.

Now set the oven at 375.

Fry up the bacon in butter. Set it aside.

Saute the onions, mushrooms, and then the spinach in lots of butter.

Whisk up the eggs and milk. Add in salt and pepper and a few sprigs of chopped, fresh basil. Add in the cheeses.

Drop the veggies and bacon into the bottom of the pie crust. Then, pour the egg and cheese mixture overtop.

Bake for about 45 minutes, until the top is golden.

Allow it to cool for about 15 minutes after taking it out of the oven.

Merry Christmas... and may you all have very happy bellies full of yummy foods :)