Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Chocolate Chip Scones



4 cups flour
3 Tblsp sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 cup cold butter (no substitutes)
1 egg, separated 1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
additional sugar

In a bowl combine the first five ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly. In a bowl, whisk egg yolk and milk. Add to dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10 times. Divide dough in half. Pat each portion into a 7 inch circle; cut into 8 wedges. Separate wedges and place on greased baking sheets.
Beat egg white and brush over dough. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake @ 425 for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.


Serve with Spiced Butter:
1/2 cup butter softened.
3 tblsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
Combine all ingredients. Beat until smooth. Serve with warm scones

6 comments:

An Old Fashioned Girl said...

Are those the ones I made? Or did you make those?

Yours don't look like they have rasins in them...

Rebecca said...

I made them. and no, they don't have raisins in them. Are they supposed to?

An Old Fashioned Girl said...

no, when I toke mine to GG the girls thought there were rasins in them so they only had a few, that's why a few scones made it home.

marmaladeinstead said...

They look like they would be really good with cinnamon chips, too!

Anonymous said...

YUM-O!

Moriah A. said...

I will totally have to make those scones tonight!

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