Panera Bread is known for delish baked goods, but unfortunately they don’t offer any gluten-free vegan options. A group of bloggers and I decided to see just how easy it would be to transform their goodies into excellent gluten-free, vegan options. And today is our Gluten-Free Dream Day for Panera Bread.
I was assigned to transform the Orange Scones into a gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, sugar-free dream. And it worked!
Orange Scone Recipe
- 2 cups Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free all purpose baking mix
- 3 tablespoons of Erythritol (natural sweetener)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons grated organic orange peel
- 1/4 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk
- Egg replacer for one egg (recommend Ener-g brand – no soy)
- 1/2 cup chopped organic mandarin oranges, well drained
- *Optional: 1/2 c dried cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar substitute, baking powder, orange peel and salt. Stir in canola oil, almond milk and egg replacer.
- Stir in oranges (and cranberries, optional).
- Mixture will be pretty dry – this is perfect. Do not add more liquid. In fact, if it’s too runny (especially if you use another gluten-free flour blend), add flour so that it is fairly dry, yet moistened.
- Take ball of dough and kneed on a floured surface, roughly 10 times.
- Pat into a circle with roughly a half inch to 1 inch of thickness.
- Optional: sprinkle with additional Erythritol.
- Cut into triangles/wedges.
- Place individual triangles on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve while warm, dip or drizzle with agave or orange marmalade.
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Join us on our Gluten-Free Dream Day by visiting these friends who have created gluten-free versions of Panera Bread Bar goodies. Maybe one day, bakeries around the planet will offer more gluten-free goodies for this growing demographic!
Bagels
Allyson Kramer — Jalapeno Cheddar Bagel
Muffins
Family Fresh Cooking — Wild Blueberry Muffins
Oh She Glows — Apple Crunch Muffins
Veggie Num Num — Pumpkin Muffin
Multiply Delicious — Chocolate Chunk Muffins
Scones
Heather Strang — Orange Scones
Breakfast Sweets
Namely Marly — Caramel Pecan Rolls
Diet Dessert Dogs — Cinnamon Crumb Cake
Souffles
Clean Green Simple — Spinach & Artichoke Souffle
Right now the only way to try all these gluten-free goodies is to make them yourself. But who knows, maybe someday you’ll be able to pop into a place like Panera and enjoy one right from their menu.
Happy Eating!
xoHeather 🙂
Previously published on my former award-winning blog: Eat Wheat/Dairy-Free & Low Sugar
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