scones

Bed and Breakfast Scones

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Bed and Breakfast Scones

My husband and I stayed at the best bed and breakfast for one night on our honeymoon, on our way up to the Smoky mountains. One of the things they served for breakfast were chocolate chip scones, which we thought were one of the most delicious things we’d ever tried. The Inn actually has their own blog full of all kinds of delicious recipes, but I haven’t seen their chocolate chip scone recipe yet (if you find it please tell me!!!), so I was left to rely on the Internet for the second best thing. I’ve made these so often they are practically the dessert mascot for our marriage. I found the following recipe here and here and sort of combined the two techniques for shaping the scones.  I believe it’s originally a Hershey’s recipe. I’ve copied it below, with the technique I use for getting wedge-shaped scones.

 

Ingredients:
  • 1½ cups plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  •  1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp. butter, melted
  • Additional sugar for sprinkling (optional)
Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 375˚ F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  3. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; stir to combine.
  4. Toss in the chocolate chips and stir to blend.
  5. Add the heavy cream to the flour mixture, stirring just until a dough forms and the dry ingredients are incorporated.
  6. Knead the dough very briefly with well floured hands to ensure even mixing.
  7. Take dough ball and place on baking sheet. Flatten it out into a circle and slice into 6-8 triangle wedges, separating wedges from one another so they bake as individual pieces.
  8. Melt butter and brush onto each piece and then sprinkle extra sugar on top.
  9.  Bake 20-25 minutes, until lightly browned (original recipe says 15-20, but with my oven it always needs  a little extra time).

 

I’m making perfect potato soup tonight with these for dessert. It’s the newlywed special since I made this so often in the first few months of our marriage. I can’t believe it’s almost been a year!