Scones, Scones, Scones…
What do you like with your morning coffee? A doughnut or pastry? How about a scone?
Here is my recipe for “Chocolate Chip Scones”
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 stick of Cabot butter (cold and cut into 1/4 inch thick squares)
- 12 oz Hershey’s semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 teaspoons real vanilla extract (not the imitation)
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Get yourself a large mixing bowl, and whisk together the following ingredients: flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Now add the squares of butter using a fork to incorporate it into the dry ingredients. You want to press the butter into the flower with a fork until the dry ingredients start to become crumbly. It is ok if you have some chunks of butter still whole. Add your chocolate chips and mix to ensure an even distribution.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the following ingredients: eggs, vanilla extract, and heavy cream. Once all the liquid ingredients are well mixed, add them to the dry mixture. Youwill mix them together until they are all moistened and hold together.
Get a cookie sheet and line it with parchment paper orgrease it lightly with some butter. Sprinkle with some flour to prevent sticking. Divide your dough into 2 balls and press them down onto the pan until they form a circle which is about 6 inches around and about 1 inch think. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle the tops with sugar. Using a cold knife, divide each cirlce into 6 or 8 wedges. Spread the wedges apart so there is about a 1/2 an inch between them.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 mins, or until they are golden brown. Remove the scones from the oven, and allow them to cool briefly on the pan. Serve warm. When they’re completely cool, you can wrap them in plastic and store at room temperature for up to several days.
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- A single serving of a chocolate chip scone. Bet ya can’t eat just one!
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- A plate of warm and delicious chocolate chip scones
Those scones look amazing – I am having visions of thick clotted cream and sunny summer days in cornwall as I speak! I have never heard of choclate chip scones, though it definitely makes sense to my sweet tooth!
Thank you! They were absolutely delicious. I guess the chocolate chips are more of a US thing.
You have a nice blog that is well designed and organized. Love scones and we will try to make them. Best to you!
Thank you very much Thom. Let me know how they came out.
The pictures make them almost look like what we call here in Australia a bisket. chocolate + scones + cream is a great combination! i will be trying this one out for sure. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for your visit. They are amazing. I make them from time to time. I’ll have to stop by tastysoup.info when I get the chance. So busy lately with work and school.
They look so delicious… I wanted to try them
Nothing better than fresh hot scones with strawberry jam and fresh cream Yum!
Try this one…
http://www.cooking-made-easy.com/easy_scone_recipe.html
3 cups plain flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
75gm (2.5 ounces) butter
1-1/2 cups milk
Step 1
Place the flour, salt, baking powder and butter cubes into a food processor. Blend together for about 6-10 seconds. This is called ‘cutting in’. When blended, it should resemble a fine crumbly texture much like breadcrumbs.
Step 2
Tip contents of food processor into a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk.
Step 3
Using a bread and butter knife, quickly but gently stir in the edges of the flour until milk and four have combined. Be sure not to over mix or your scones may turn out like bricks.
Step 4
Turn out onto a floured surface and flatten out with the palm of your hand. Cut into desired shapes and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Bake at 250C (450F) for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Let me know what you think