Chocolate Chip Scones
Delicious breakfast or tea time scone! Serve warm, cooled, or freeze for a later date.
Servings 10
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup sour cream (can use milk, but it is better with sour cream!)
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ¾ cup chocolate chips (milk chocolate or semi-sweet)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°, and grease a large cookie sheet.
- Mix together all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- In the dry mixture, but in the butter using a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix together the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Add to the flour mixture, and stir gently until blended.
- Stir in chocolate chips until evenly distributed, using your hands if necessary.
- Form dough into a ball on a floured surface and press out until ¾” thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter (or a canning ring or an upside-down glass) and place on your cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Tastes delicious warm or cooled completely, and freezes well for later enjoyment!