Chocolate Chip Scones
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- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 cups unsifted self-rising flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
directions
- Heat oven to 425F.
- Grease baking sheet.
- In large bowl, combine flour and sugar.
- With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In small bowl, combine milk, egg and vanilla.
- Add to dry ingredients along with chocolate chips and mix with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 5-6 times.
- With lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 7" round.
- Cut into 4 wedges.
- Place scones, 1" apart, on greased baking sheet.
- Pierce tops with tines of fork.
- Bake scones 18-20 min.
- or until golden brown.
- Serve warm.
- Makes 4 scones.
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Reviews
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I love the chocolate chip scones available at Starbucks, and I thought I'd try these - they are very, VERY similar. I used butter in place of the shortening and got great crumb and texture. I will have to make these again soon as my kids devoured them, and I much prefer them as a snack as they contain A LOT less sugar than, say, a cookie or cake for the kids to snack on.
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I love the chocolate chip scones available at Starbucks, and I thought I'd try these - they are very, VERY similar. I used butter in place of the shortening and got great crumb and texture. I will have to make these again soon as my kids devoured them, and I much prefer them as a snack as they contain A LOT less sugar than, say, a cookie or cake for the kids to snack on.