Chocolate Chip and Orange Scones
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
12 scones
ingredients
- 225 g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 40 g unsalted butter
- 100 g chocolate
- 25 g icing sugar
- 140 ml milk
- 1⁄2 orange, zest of, freshly grated
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
directions
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 7. Grease a baking sheet.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the chocolate, sugar and orange rind.
- Add the orange juice and milk and stir to make a soft dough.
- Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to 2cm thick. Use a 6cm cutter to cut out rounds.
- Transfer to the baking sheet and cook for 12 minutes until well risen and pale golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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