Chocolate chip orange scones
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¾ | cup | Flour |
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 2½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine, |
| Cold; cut-up | ||
| ½ | cup | Semisweet chocolate chips, m |
| ¼ | cup | Candied orange peel; chopped |
| ½ | cup | Heavy cream, cold |
| 2 | Egg yolks | |
| 1 | Egg white; lightly beaten | |
Directions
Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts - ISBN 0-06-016537-5 Preparation Time: 0:38
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. With 2 knives or a pastry cutter, cut in butter until pastry is crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips and orange peel.
2. In a small bowl, beat cream and egg yolks with a fork until well blended, then quickly stir into dry ingredients until dough is soft and holds together.
3. On a greased foil-lined baking sheet, drop dough by scant ¼ cupfuls into 12 mounds. Brush with egg white.
4. Bake 13 to 18 mins, or until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Do not overbake to avoid drying out scones. Let cool in pan.
NOTE: Dough can also be prepared in a food processor: Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Process to mix. Add butter and process with on/off motion until mixture is crumbly. Add cream and egg yolks and process until dough holds together. Stir in chocolate chips and orange peel. Continue as directed in step 3.