chocolate chip scones.

over the weekend, i tried this scone recipe from one sheepish girl.

one word: delicious. 

i can't wait to try different flavors!

ingredients:

3 cups of flour

1/3 cup of sugar

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 cup of cold cubed butter

3/4 cup of heavy cream

1 egg

2/3 cup of dried cherries

1/2 plus 2 tablespoons of mini-chocolate chips

place your dry ingredients in a food processor and blend. slowly add your cubed butter pulsing your food process after each addition until mixture is soft and crumbly. in a separate bowl place your egg and heavy cream and mix with a fork.  add all the the ingredients from your bowl except enough to use as an egg wash on your scones into the mixture in your food processor. add your cherries and chocolate and pulse until well mixed.  

on your counter or on parchment paper scoop a small mound of flower and place a large round mound of scone dough to the center. press your dough out until it forms a circle about 3/4 - 1 inch thick. cut into 6ths or 8ths and place on a well greased pan (or covered in parchment paper).  use a basting brush to add your egg wash to the tops of your scones before baking. bake at 350 degrees for about 14 minutes if you make small scones or 25-28 if you make larger scones.

amber's tips:

• use a lot of chocolate chips. mine were slightly bland, but still delicious.
• for the cold cubed butter, i used unsalted butter that i had left over from these salted caramels.
• parchment paper is kinda awesome.
• it took around 16-17 minutes for my scones to bake.
• having siri remind me to take the scones out of the oven is epic.