Scone festival

I've been asked to help with the food at an upcoming Relief Society activity. It's a Tea Party. We have several people in the ward with food sensitivities (including me...I only eat dairy when it's worth suffering the consequences), so this morning I shopped for and prepared three completely different versions of gluten-free, dairy-free orange cranberry scones to see which would be the most fantastic addition to our Tea Party.

It was like comparing apples to oranges to grapes. Holy cow!

Left to Right: ATK custom blend, Bob's Red Mill Baking and Biscuit blend, Pamela's Biscuit and Scone mix

I have a textural/overall favorite (Bob's), a flavor favorite (ATK), and a technique favorite (Pamela's). But here's what I heard from my taste testers:

Alice: Bob's
Robert: Pamela's
James: ATK!!!!
Matthew: Pamela's
Bobby: Bob's
Marie: ATK
Dani:ATK
Toria: Pamela's

We're evenly split 3:3:3 on our overall favorite. So, I've got a difficult choice ahead of me. A tender, flaky, sweet, and delicious difficult choice.