Cherry Chocolate Scones
Serves
12
Total Time
1hrs 38mins
Calories
455
Deliciously sweet and tart buttery-rich scones. Try substituting the dried cherries with dried apricots.
- Plain flour
480 g (about 3 ¾ cups)
- Baking powder
25 g (about 1 ⅝ tablespoons)
- Salt
5 g (about ⅞ teaspoon)
- Sugar
60 g (about ¼ cup)
- Unsalted butter
210 g (about 1 cup)cold
- Buttermilk
180 g (about ¾ cup)
- Sour cream
240 g (about 1 cup)
- Vanilla extract
5 g (about 1 ⅛ teaspoons)
- Dried cherries
240 g (about 1 ½ cups)
- Chocolate chips
130 g (about 260)
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper then set aside
- 2. Pre-heat oven - 190°C
- 3. Add plain flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and unsalted butter to a clean large mixing bowl
- 4. Mix until coarse crumbs form - low speed
- 5. Add buttermilk, sour cream and vanilla extract to the dough
- 6. Mix until dough forms - low speed
- 7. Add dried cherries and chocolate chips to a clean small bowl
- 8. Transfer mixture to dough
- 9. Mix until combined - low speed
- 10. Flatten dough onto baking sheet
- 11. Chill in fridge - 30 min
- 12. Cut large mixing bowl into squares
- 13. Arrange scones
- 14. Bake until golden brown - 18 min, 190°C
- 15. Transfer onto cooling rack
METHOD
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