Welcome to heaven in a pastry or shall I say chocolate chip scones for you newbies.
My sweet sister and her family came to visit a couple weekends ago and I made chocolate chips scones per my husbands request and knowing that even the kids would devour them.
I didn’t realize how small my child is until his cousins came to visit. Agezu is 6 years old and quite the strapping young man. These two cousins absolutely LOVE one another. Cooper lets Agezu pick him up under his armpits and gets drug anywhere and everywhere with a smile on his face. It’s super cute how they just play with one another, even in ways that seem utterly uncomfortable. Kids, I tell ya.
And of course, the pool took precedence with all the boys in the house… Not a single gal to spare other than us two mamas.
So back to the scones and how they got devoured within the first half hour of cool down, lets take a look at heaven in a pastry…
Ingredients:
- 2 cups unbleached flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or half & half
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 heaping cup dark chocolate chips (any kind works)
- coarse sugar for sprinkling on top before baking (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a stand mixer, mix the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Grate the butter (hand grater works great or use a food processor). Toss the grated butter into the flour mixture and mix with fingers. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk cream, egg, and vanilla together. Pour over flour mixture and slowly mix with mixer on low speed just until incorporated. Carefully fold in chocolate chips. Try your best to not overwork the dough at any point. Work the dough into a ball with floured hands as best you can and transfer to floured surface. Press into a circle and cut into equal wedges with a sharp knife. Top with course sugar and transfer to cookie sheet.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden and cooked through.Cool on a wired rack. Enjoy your scone with a great cup of coffee and enjoy your breakfast. They freeze well too, if so desired.
If you are a pastry fanatic such as my husband and I, you will devour these scones even without kiddos around. Maybe that’s the mystery here, maybe I used the kids as an excuse to the dismissal of our chocolate chip scones…the mystery remains unknown. I shall forever keep this secret to myself.
Test it yourself…maybe your own mystery will begin once you make heaven in a pastry.
This recipe is adapted from Sallys Baking Addiction.
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