Chocolate Chip Scones
The trick to making delicious scones is to use very cold ingredients, don't overwork the scone dough, and don't overbake! Adding the coarse sugar and a glaze on top takes them to the next level!
Servings: 8 scones
Calories: 534kcal
Ingredients
Scones
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250g)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup salted butter, frozen
- ½ cup cold heavy cream, plus extra for brushing on the tops of the scones
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2-3 Tablespoons coarse sparkling sugar, for sprinkling on top
Glaze (optional)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 Tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
- Grate the frozen butter on the large holes of a box grater, then cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter. If it's warm in your kitchen, I recommend popping the bowl in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to keep the butter really cold.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the cream, egg, and vanilla extract. Add to the flour mixture with the chocolate chips, stirring with a fork or spatula to moisten the dry ingredients into a very shaggy dough.
- Turn out the dough onto the parchment-lined baking sheet. Use the parchment paper to lift and press the scone dough together. It's a sort of modified folding and kneading and made much easier with the parchment paper, plus this helps avoid too much heat from your hands softening the butter.
- Pat the dough into a circle approximately 8-inches in diameter. Use a bench scraper to divide the dough into 8 triangle-shaped scones, then space them out on the parchment paper.
- Brush the tops of each scone with cream, then sprinkle with the coarse sugar.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes until golden brown on top. Take care not to overbake so you don't end up with dry scones.
- Make the glaze by whisking the powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl, then drizzle over the cooled scones.
Nutrition
Calories: 534kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 469mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 692IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 169mg | Iron: 2mg