Savoury Scones - perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup these walnut, chive and sun dried tomato scones tick loads of boxes! Vegan and gluten free too! #veganbaking #savoryscones #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

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Savoury Scones

prep: 20 mins / cook: 20 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 40 mins / quantity: 8 scones Print recipe?

Savoury Scones - perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup these walnut, chive and sun dried tomato scones tick loads of boxes! Vegan and gluten free too! #veganbaking #savoryscones #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Not only are these savoury scones vegan and gluten free but they’re perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup!

Scones are one of those things a lot of people don’t make themselves as they can be temperamental little buggers.  Too dense, don’t rise, a bit bland, too crumbly, too pale.  The list goes on.  Add making these savoury scones vegan as well as gluten free felt like quite the challenge.  Would they still have that lovely buttery flavour synonymous with scones?  Would the green pea flour from Hodmedods have enough ‘structure’ to hold the rise in this scone recipe?

In all honesty, these were some of the best savoury scones I’ve made.  Adding in walnut and celery crunch, tangy sun dried tomatoes and aromatic herbs and the gentle background flavour of the green pea flour made these gluten free scones – and I quote – chuffing delicious!  First time I made them we had them with Tomato Soup and everything together was a heady mix of herbs, spices and sheer flavour heaven!

Savoury Scones - perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup these walnut, chive and sun dried tomato scones tick loads of boxes! Vegan and gluten free too! #veganbaking #savoryscones #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

How to Make Scones

There are a few simple steps to follow when making scones:

Follow the recipe – this might seem obvious but wrong quantities can mean you end up with flat/spread/speckled scones.

Lightness of touch – over handling the dough might leave you with a dense, chewy scone.  One of the reasons I’ve started making my scones in the rounds instead of rolling and individually cutting means all the dough is used and it’s only rolled once.  Rather than re-rolling the trimmings and potential over handling.

A sticky, slightly wetter dough will give a better rise – don’t add all the liquid at once.  Flours can vary dependent on ambient temperature, air moisture etc so some scone doughs might not need the whole amount of liquid

Savoury Scones - perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup these walnut, chive and sun dried tomato scones tick loads of boxes! Vegan and gluten free too! #veganbaking #savoryscones #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

This scone recipe can also be frozen – either before or after baking, giving you fresh, warm scones whenever you fancy.  Which is often in our house.  So you’re a brunch lover too?  Spread these thickly with vegan butter and simply enjoy or top with extra sun dried tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, roasted tomatoes, ALL THE TOMATOES.  Or you could go for something a little less tomatoey like a relish, pickled onions, a vegan cheese ploughman’s.

BRB, off to make more savoury scones 😉

Savoury Scones - perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dunking in your soup these walnut, chive and sun dried tomato scones tick loads of boxes! Vegan and gluten free too! #veganbaking #savoryscones #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

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Savoury Scones

prep: 20 mins / cook: 20 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 40 mins / quantity: 8 scones

Ingredients

  • 1 + 1/2 cups (180g) Hodmedods Green Pea Flour
  • 1 + 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tblsp (30g) vegan butter
  • 3 tblsp vegan cheese (I used Violife Prosociano) + a little extra for sprinkling on top
  • 1 stick celery
  • 1/3 cup (40g) walnuts
  • 15-20 basil leaves – stalks removed
  • a few fresh chives
  • 5 sun dried tomatoes
  • 1/3 cup (95g) coconut yoghurt
  • 2-3 tblsp unsweetened almond milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 200 Fan / 220 C / 425 F / Gas 7 and line a large baking tray with parchment or a silicon mat
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together into a large bowl
  3. Add the vegan butter and lightly, using your fingertips, 'rub in' to the flour until mixed through and no lumps of butter remain
  4. Grate the cheese and add to the bowl. Grate a little extra (you don't need much) and set aside for sprinkling on the top
  5. Very finely chop the celery - I slice the stick a few times lengthways then chop those lengths into tiny pieces. Add to the bowl
  6. Roughly chop the walnuts and add those to the bowl
  7. Shred the basil leaves and snip the chives and add those to the bowl
  8. Roughly dice the sun dried tomatoes, add those to the bowl and stir everything together until well mixed
  9. Add the coconut yoghurt and enough almond milk to make a tacky (but not wet!) dough
  10. Tip onto a floured surface and gently form the dough into a large ball. Place onto your prepared tray
  11. Roll with a rolling pin or use your hands to push into a large circle roughly 3/4 inch tall
  12. Deeply score into 8 equal segments, not quite cutting through to the bottom of the dough (particularly if you're using a silicon mat underneath!)
  13. Brush with a little milk and sprinkle with the extra cheese. You can also add a few flakes of sea salt too
  14. Bake for 18-20 minutes until firm and set and slightly golden on top. Cool on the tray for 5 minutes before carefully lifting onto a cooling rack to cool
  15. Serve while still warm or chill and store in an airtight container or chill and freeze
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6 Comments

  • I have just ordered the pea flour especially for these and am excited to try them, would they still work without the nuts and tomatoes?

    • Hi Hayley! Thank you so much for commenting. Yep they should work without the nuts and tomatoes. They’re both there largely for flavour and a bit of texture with the nuts. You could leave the nuts out entirely or sub with another nut you do like (unless it’s allergy related!). And the same with the tomatoes – leave them out or sub with something you do like – like diced bell pepper. The tomatoes do also add a little bit of moisture so you may need to add a dash more milk – you want your dough to be just on the side of sticky rather than dry before baking. Hope this helps – let me know how you get on! 🙂

  • Rebecca Coleman says:

    Hi these taste amazing but I cannot get the shape to look anything like yours in the picture! Any suggestions?!

    • Hi Rebecca and first, thank you so much for making and enjoying! Hmmm, as to the shape – have a look at this post for chocolate scones, there’s a picture about half way through the post of the shape I roll the dough before cooking and a bit more description above it about how to roll it. https://www.thecookandhim.com/recipes/double-chocolate-scones-with-blackberry-jam/ Using your hands you want to shape the dough into a ball then flatten to a thick pizza shape using a rolling pin. Turn the dough a few times as you roll (with a bit of flour to stop it sticking to your surface) to help keep it round and even. I mark the dough with a knife into segments before baking. Hope this helps, please let me know if your’re still stuck. I’m so over the moon you enjoyed them 🙂

  • Love these – had to substitute pecans for the walnuts and frozen ramson leaves for the chives and celery. I used the Applewood Smoked vegan cheese which worked a treat. We now just mustn’t eat the whole lot at once!

    • Thank you so much for letting me know Elfie! Your subs sound SO good! I’ve only just discovered Applewood vegan cheese so I’ll definitely be trying that! 🙂

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