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Chocolate Scones

Scones with chunks of chocolate
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course: Bread, Breakfast, Scones
Cuisine: scottish

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour or Bread Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/3 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 6 Tablespoon Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 5 ounces Bittersweet Chocolate cut into chunks
  • 2 large Egg Yolks

Equipment

  • 1 2.5 quart mixing bowl
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 set of measuring cups
  • 1 Set of measuring spoons
  • 1 Kitchen knife
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 cookie sheet
  • 1 cheese grater
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Can of Non-Stick Cooking Spray (baking)
  • 1 Pastry knife

Method
 

  1. Cut the chocolate into chunks and set aside.
  2. Place 2 cups of flour in a large mixing bowl. Take the butter out of the refrigerator and use a cheese grater to grate the butter into flour.
  3. Mix the flour and butter with a fork until it resembles coarse crumbs.
  4.  Add sugar, baking powder, salt, together and mix well.
  5. Add the cut up chocolate pieces and mix.
  6. After everything is mixed well, the mixture should be quite sticky. If it is not sticky you can add another tablespoon of heavy cream and mix some more. Do Not Over knead/Mix.
  7. Spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray.
  8. Pour out the dough mixture onto a floured work surface and mold into a circle approximately 7 inch in diameter about 1 inch in height.
  9. Use a pastry knife and cut the scones into pieces and place on a prepared cookie sheet. Let the scones rest for 5-10 minutes.
  10. Preheat the oven to 375 Degrees F.
    Bake for 17-20 minutes.