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These chocolate chip scones are tender, lightly sweetened and perfect alongside a cup of coffee for breakfast or dessert!
Ingredients:
For the Scones:
- 3¼cupsall-purpose flour
- ½cupgranulated sugar
- 4teaspoonsbaking powder
- ¼teaspoonsalt
- 12ounceschocolate chips(semisweet or dark)
- 2cupsheavy cream(cold)
For the Topping:
- 2tablespoonsunsalted butter(melted)
- Granulated sugar(for sprinkling)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir the heavy cream into the flour mixture, stirring just until ingredients are moistened.
- Turn the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently until a soft dough forms (about 2 minutes). Divide the dough into two equal balls. Working with one at a time, pat each one into an 8-inch circle and cut into 8 triangles. Transfer the triangles to the prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned. Serve warm or at room temperature. These scones are best served the day that they are made, but can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also wrap them individually in plastic wrap and place in a freezer bag to store in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Recipe Notes:
Nutritional values are based on one scones
Nutrition:
Calories: 339kcal
Fat: 17g
Saturated fat: 10g
Cholesterol: 47mg
Sodium: 63mg
Potassium: 150mg
Carbohydrates: 41g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 19g
Protein: 4g
Vitamin A: 10.6%
Vitamin C: 0.4%
Calcium: 9.1%
Iron: 8.5%
Isn’t it dry? There is no butter in this recipe except for the brushing on the top of the scones before baking.
They are certainly not dry – there is no butter in the scones, but the recipe DOES include 2 whole cups of cream!
Ching, No they are not dry at all, on the contrary, they are very tender. There isn’t any butter in the recipe but there is a significant amount of cream, which serves as the fat component.
Thanks Anne, you took the words right out of my mouth! :)
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Made them last night and they turned out brilliant! I had one for breakfast this morning too! Thanks for the recipie!
These are so lovely! I followed your recipe and made them and they just turned out perfect!!!
Thanks a lot!
Ahhh, these look sinful.
Hi Jess,
Yeah, if you added more than a dusting of extra flour, that’s probably what did it. The key to tender and flaky scones is to handle them much like biscuits – very quickly, lightly, and don’t any more flour than is absolutely necessary to pat them into a shape and get them cut. I hope you’ll give them another try, as they really are delicious!
I made these yesterday and they came out a little tough and not flaky at all. Although the taste was wonderful they were a little hard to get through. Anyone have ideas of what happened? I’m thinking I may have added too much flour because when I was trying to roll into dough it was extremely sticky.
I agree! I think the recipe calls for to much cream. I could not handle the dough, it was way to sticky. I ended up adding about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup a flour and they were still really good. I made the pumpkin scones and they were so simple and the dough was really easy to work with, Tasted amazing as well :}
THESE ARE AMAZING!! I only put the scones in the oven for 12 minutes since I know my oven gets really hot. I recommend this recipe for sure!
Hi Tammy, these are definitely not hard or crunchy; they are quite tender. As far as the chocolate, yep you can surely taste it – I would liken it to how much you can taste the chocolate in a chocolate chip cookie.
all i have to say is WOW!
I’ve never been a big scone fan, too hard and crunchy for me, often the primary taste seems to be sugar or grain. Can you really taste the chocolate in these?
Everytime I buy scones I’m always a little disapointed with them. Making my own sounds like a good route.
Scones with Clotted Cream are the best! With chocolate chips I can have scones for dessert and high tea!
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Scones with chocolates are to die for. Good reason to have breakfast in the morning. Thanks.
yum!! I’ve been having a massive craving for scones and these scones look so yummy!
I was given a taste of these scones and they are to die for! They are by far the best scones I have found since leaving Bennington, VT – All Days & Onions had scones that were fabulous. I am so happy to have found a recipe that rivals their recipe – it’s only taken 10+ years!
these look so delicious. i will definitely be trying these sometime soon. i know my mom would love them!
This looks awesome… I love scones and haven’t found a great recipe yet. I’m definitely gonna try yours when I get some good dark chocolate in my hands!
Those look really good. I will have to give them a try.