For Christmas morning this year, I have decided that I would make breakfast scones for the family because we are having a super early dinner. So here is how to make super easy and absolutely delightful Chocolate Chip Scones.
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| Yummy Chocolate Chip Scones |
Here's what you'll need:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons Turbinado Sugar (AKA Sugar in the Raw)
First, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Get out a cookie sheet and line it with parchment paper (or for those of you that are super cool and have a silicone liner, you can use that - I'm hoping for Santa to bring me a couple!) Then, sift your all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, granulated sugar and baking powder together. Grab a hand grater and use the smallest one you can find to zest that orange. Once you are done zesting it, use your fingers to mash it with your fingers in to the flour mixture. Make sure that you spread out the pieces so its not clumpy anymore.
Now for the fun part, I do not have a pastry blender, but that would be ideal. So I use two butter knives. Cut up the butter into small pieces and drop them into the flour mixture. Use the butter knives to cut opposite ways. Keep repeating this motion until you have small beads of butter throughout your flour mixture. If this doesn't work out well, feel free to use your hands. The majority of the time I have to because there will be some clumps left in there and we surely do not want that!
Now add in those mini chocolate chips! I know it will look like there is a lot, but don't worry-- they're mini and delicious! Sometimes I even add an extra handful for good measure!
In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, heavy cream and extract until well mixed. Then pour it slowly and continuously into the flour mixture while stirring the flour mixture. You want to for a sticky dough here and it may even require you to use your hands to fold the dough together multiple times. Now form in into a circle about 1 1/2 inch thick on a floured surface. (These do not rise a whole lot, maybe to about 2 inches max.) Cut the circle like you would a pizza into 8 pieces. Flour a pizza cutter or knife before cutting into it. This will help it not to stick.
Place the pieces on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Brush the tops of the scones with heavy creamy (or the remainder of the yolk and cream mixture if any has settled in the bowl.) Then sprinkle with the Turbinado Sugar.
Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 28 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Let cool and then enjoy!
Now go out there and start baking! These are probably one of the most delicious and yet easiest things I make! I am sure that any one can do it :) And as always, if you give it a try and have a question or comment -- Comment away! I promise to follow up!
Until we eat again,
Amateur Chef Cheryl
