Cranberry Chocolate Scones

Tasty, not dry scones, fast to make, but a bit messy. You could replace the cranberries and chocolate chips with about anything else that you can think of, but this is my favorite combo.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 3  cups flour
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup reduced fat margarine
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 3⁄4 cup fresh cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 2  tablespoons  cream
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Mix flour, first sugar, baking soda and salt.
2. Stir in buttermilk and cut in reduced fat margarine.
3. Mix in cranberries, chocolate chips and first cinnamon.
4. Gather into a ball, press together and knead 12 times on floured board.
5. Divide in two pieces.
6. Grease a very large cookie sheet and push each piece into a large half inch thick circle on the cookie sheet, don't let them touch.
7. Cut each into 8 triangular pieces with a large kitchen knife, you will need to cut again after baking.
8. Mix cream, second sugar and cinnamon into a sort of paste, and paint over both circles of dough.
9. Bake about 20-25 minutes in a 400° preheated oven.
10. Let cool and cut again into 8 wedges each, following original cut marks.