Chocolate Chip Scones

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips or 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (chunks also work well)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/4-3 1/2 teaspoons boiling water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 line an insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• 3 mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
• 4 using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter pieces into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• 5 mix in the chocolate chips/chunks, whichever you are using.
• 6 add the buttermilk and vanilla to the flour mixture, and stir just enough to bring it together, but do not overmix.
• 7 sprinkle a little flour on your work surface and turn out the dough onto it.
• 8 knead the dough slightly (just 4-5 times), and pat the dough into a circle about 1 1/2-inches thick.
• 9 cut the circle into 6 pieces by first cutting it in half, and then into thirds, in wedge shapes.
• 10 place the scones on the parchment paper.
• 11 make your egg wash by beating the egg with the milk and gently brushing the tops of the scones (this helps them brown nicely).
• 12 bake scones in the preheated 400f oven for 20-25 minutes or until they are nicely golden.
• 13 allow to cool on a wire rack.
• 14 prepare your glaze by sifting together the confectioner's sugar, the cocoa, and salt in a small bowl.
• 15 stir in the vanilla and just enough of the hot water to form a thin glaze.
• 16 if the glaze is not thin enough, simply add drops of water a few at a time, mixing well after each addition, until the glaze is as thin as you like it.
• 17 when the scones are completely cool, drizzle the glaze over the scones (it will set and harden as it sits).
• 18 if the glaze sets in the bowl before you get to it, you can warm in over a double boiler on the stove or heat it gently in the microwave and it will thin somewhat.