Bona Dea Ancient Grains Baking Mix (Pack of 2), Scones ~ Biscuits

I have ordered two packages of the Scones/Biscuits. Today I went to make them and they both smelled old/rancid. I decided to make one up and see if they would be okay. No! They tasted old/stale/rancid. I would like to be contacted by the company or Amazon for a refund please. The expiration date on both packages is 1/29/18. Really bummed as I was looking forward to a good gluten free scone,.

My gluten-free daughter made scones today. She followed the recipe exactly and added 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup dried cherries. They are so delicious. Perfect texture and taste and they were very easy to make. There is nothing we would change about this product for scones. This is a quality product for those people who have gluten intolerance. Thanks for providing a great product and with Amazon Prime two day shipping.

I made the scones. It was ok. It has this oaty taste that I don't care for. I've found several gluten free products with this flavor and I don't care for it.

I've had better - this product is ok

Since my son's first trip to the ER for a severe food allergy reaction, we have become a gluten-free, egg-free, tree nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, coconut-free household. The products that are free of all his allergens AND are made in a dedicated facility are few and far between, so I was beyond excited to get to try this scones mix out.I was a little disappointed to see that the recommended instructions suggest use of milk and egg while the instructions for the "allergy free" version basically say "use your favorite milk or egg substitute" which to me means they haven't really tested out which milk and egg substitutes will work best with their baking mix. Since baking is so often a science, it leaves me to do the experimenting - and my first experiment was awful. My favorite egg substitute is a pouch of applesauce. It's quick and easy and I use it when baking cakes, cookies and cupcakes from mixes with good results. It was not a good result with these scones - I got a foul baking soda aftertaste from these dense biscuit like things that we ended up throwing away (which was extra disappointing since I threw in some beautiful raspberries I picked up at the farmers market and they went to waste.)So with the second bag (since it comes in a 2-pack) I tried the Ener-G Egg Replacer in the place of eggs and got much better results, but still nothing to write home about (I mixed in some Enjoy Life chocolate chunks to half of them - and those my husband described as follows: "these scones are really just a vehicle for me to eat these chocolate chips.")In the end, these scones just weren't for us - I'm not sure if I had used a different egg substitute that it would have been game changer, but I just don't want to invest in any further experimentation. If they did the testing and could recommend an ideal egg substitute (and dairy for those with dairy allergy) for best results, I'd give it another shot, but for now I'll go back to the longer, more tedious gluten free and egg free recipes that work for us.

Scones aren't part of my regular diet, and I'm the house dishwasher, not the Cook-in-Charge, but these light delights would be perfect for a late afternoon or evening snack with coffee or cocoa. (Small ones for after-school snacks).We made some with raisins and were quite pleased with the results. I'm not sure I would go so far as "scrumptious," but I wouldn't likely use that term for this sort of food. (I'm not gluten-free restricted and would be more likely to use it for a multigrain bread).Preparation notes: we hand-blended these and that required a bit of elbow grease to blend in the butter. We used maybe half an ounce or less more of cream than the recipe called for. Following the instructions quite literally, the result was not architecturally perfect (see photo).Better still was the use of organic ingredients for the three main building blocks (millet flour, potato starch, cane sugar). Those who are gluten-sensitive or accept the hypothesis that GMO is a health or sustainability risk will also be set at ease by the ingredient mix offered by "Ashley and Melissa" at Bona Dea in Austin.The package suggests using chilled coconut oil or "vegan butter" in lieu of butter, and coconut cream or soy sour cream in place of heavy cream. Eggs could have been replaced by an egg substitute plus, they write, a teaspoon of ground flax seed. We made no such adjustment,but I don't think they would have changed the taste much, which seems to be derived from the main ingredients.Speaking of which, based on the reviews, I think there is a huge taste spectrum out there. The odor and other complaints seemed pretty left field to us. It may depend on just what variant of scone-prone you are.