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Chocolate Scones

Triple Chocolate Scones

Lightly sweet chocolate scones with chocolate chips and a rich, dark icing drizzled over them.

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword brunch, chocolate, chocolate chip, scone
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 200 kcal

Ingredients

For the Scones

  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 tsps baking powder
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsps sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsps butter cold or frozen cubed or grated
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk cold
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips

For the Chocolate Icing

  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1-2 tbsps milk

Instructions

Chocolate Scones

  1. Preheat your oven to 425°F.

  2. In a medium bowl, sift or whisk together your flour, cocoa, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Cut in your cold butter using your preferred method until the mixture has a rough, almost cornmeal-like texture; you could:

    Option 1: rub the chilled butter into the dry ingredients using your hands

    Option 2: mix butter and dry ingredients together using a pastry cutter

    Option 3: mix butter and dry ingredients in a food processor, then return to your medium bowl for the next steps

  3. In a small bowl, beat together your milk and the two eggs, then mix in the vanilla extract. Add your wet ingredients and chocolate chips to the dry and combine, stirring together until the mixture has absorbed all of the liquid. Give the dough some gentle kneading until it's smooth, then pour out onto a sheet of parchment paper.

  4. Divide the dough into two balls, then roll each ball to about ¾" thickness and shape into roughly 6" rounds. Cut each round into six pie-shaped wedges, then transfer the parchment paper to a baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, about 22-25 miutes.

Chocolate Icing

  1. Mix powdered sugar, cocoa, and vanilla together.  Add the milk a little at a time, stirring constantly, until smooth.  Drizzle over your scones.

    Note:  the icing will harden when chilled, so you may want to let them sit in the fridge a little while before stacking your scones.

Recipe Notes

Recipe Notes The calorie count listed doesn't include the glaze, since I don't know how crazy you're going to be when you drizzle it.