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Florence most of the recipes on line using gluten free recipes for scones use xanthan gum as well.
Did you use that?

If I’m using gluten free flour I usually use specific gluten free recipes.

Edit.
After a lot more searching it would appear that some people are allergic to xanthan gum although it is used widely in food manufacture. :-(

Florence I’ll try your recipe using normal flour but will also try and find an easy gluten free one as I do have close family who need gluten free alternatives . I have baked with gluten free flour but not made scones.

Today I had a friend coming for coffee and as she is gluten free, decided to make some scones using a gluten free flour. I use a very easy recipe normally using the cheapest plain flour. They are always light and rise well.

I placed the flour into the bowl and immediately working the margarine into it, I could feel the difference. It was coarse grainy feeling. When I added the milk to mix into a dough, it was very dry and crumbly almost like shortcrust pastry.

I put the dough together then turned out onto a floured board but trying to press it into shape wasnt easy as it kept cracking. Eventually got 8 small rectangles onto a baking tray and in the oven it went.

12 minutes later they were cooked but too brown and when i picked one up, it fell apart and crumbled. Left them to cool and then tried a piece. Well, have to say they were awful. Crumbly but somehow quite stodgy once in the mouth.
Anyway I put some jam on them and when my friend came she ate 2 and said they were very nice but agreed a bit crumbly.

I wont make them again and now have 3/4 bag of flour!!

Anyone else made oven scones, gluten free? If so how did they turn out and did you like them?

Florence in the hebrides