Orange Cranberry Coconut Vegan Scones

I love scones! Normally I make them with butter though, and cream/yogurt/kefir but one day I was out of butter, but scones HAD to be made. Seriously, they had to be haha. Anyways so these happened, and it's been a hit! Note to self, I have seriously got to take better pictures.

You'll need:
2 Cups flour (I use organic white unbleached)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil in solid form
zest of 1 good size orange, or 2 small ones.
The juice of those oranges, you will need 1/2 cup liquid, if I don't have enough orange juice add coconut rum to make it to 1/2 cup.
1/2 Cup cranberries (more or less to your preference, I never measure them just use a generous handful or so).

Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.

First mix all the dry ingredients, then zest the orange/s and mix it in.

Cut in the 1/2 cup of solid coconut oil, just like you would butter in a non-vegan recipe. 

Next stir in the cranberries, I like to separate mine out since they stick so badly, you can also just give them a rough chop. Then pour in the orange juice (with the coconut rum if you added it) and stir it together till well incorporated. Then I like to dump it onto a clean counter and lightly knead/fold/ push the dough together until it stays together, shape into a disc, no more than an inch thick. Slice that disc into 8 wedges. If you want small scones then separate the dough into 2 parts, shape into 2 discs and slice each one into 6 scones. I remembered the picture after I started transferring it to the cookie sheet, oops!

Bake for 20 minutes, check on them after 15 minutes if your oven is an overachiever. When they start to get nice golden brownish they are done! Wait for them to cool, a bit, or not, whatever works. And voila! Bon appetit :)

Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe

Please don't use the pre made box mix! It's so easy to make them from scratch, and just as fast (maybe just a few minutes more) but well worth the effort!
What you'll need, 1 batch probably feeds 3-4 people (adults or children that eat well) I made 2 batches here and it was way too much:
2 Cups buttermilk
1 egg
1.5 Cups flour
Flax meal is optional, I add a few tablespoonfuls.
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2-4 Tbsp sugar, adjust to your preference.
2Tbsp melted butter

Mix the egg and the buttermilk until the egg is incorporated. If you using flax seed meal add it now, and  add the sugar.

Melt the butter and stir it into the wet ingredients.
In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and baking soda well.

Add dry ingredients to the wet and stir just enough to combine. Small lumps are perfectly fine.

Cook over medium/low heat, make sure to preheat your non-stick griddle or skillet well first. I generally don't grease it, but occasionally will put a small piece of butter on the skillet, just for the first pancake.

Enjoy with some butter and maple syrup, at least that's how we like them.

Bon Appetit!