Black and White Scone Recipe

The black and white scone recipe is a delicate but rich chocolate scone, studded with semi-sweet and white chocolate chips! Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, chilled 1 large egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2-3/4 cup heavy whipping cream 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 2/3 cup white chocolate chips Hardware Whisk Large bowl Small bowl Pastry blender (optional) Cookie sheet Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Step 2: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Step 3: With a pastry blender or knife, cut chilled butter into flour mixture to resemble coarse crumbs. Step 4: In a small bowl, combine egg, vanilla, and 1/2 cup of whipping cream. Step 5: Stir cream mixture into flour mixture. If needed, add up to 1/4 cup more whipping cream, until mixture is just moistened. Step 6: Stir in both chips, and than use hands to knead dough about 10 times. Step 7: Lightly flour a working surface. Pat dough into 8-inch circle. Cut circle into 12 wedges using a sharp knife. Step 8: Place each wedge 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Step 9: Bake 12-15 minutes or until set. Do not overbake. Let stand for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling surface. Makes 12 scones. Important: Feel free to republish this article on your website. However, you are not allowed to modify any part of its content and all links should be kept active. For more great tasting scone recipes visit http://kicked-up-cookie-recipes.com/scone-recipes.html For some great chocolate chip cookie recipes visit http://kicked-up-cookie-recipes.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-recipes .html For cookie baking tips and a wide selection of recipes visit http://kicked-up-cookie-recipes.com/