Monday 27 January 2014

Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Scones

A simple, sweet buttermilk scone studded with chocolate - the perfect accompaniment to your tea or coffee break.




These scones have a beautiful light, fluffy texture and taste wonderful both straight from the oven and also re-heated or cold the next day.


Stored in an air-tight container, these scones keep well for a fair few days.



Buttermilk Chocolate Scones


Serves 12

3/4 Cup buttermilk
1/4 Cup stevia
1 Egg
2 1/2 Cups flour (plain, or half plain, half wholemeal)
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp butter, cubed and chilled
3/4 Cup chocolate chips
Skim milk, for glazing

 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mix the buttermilk, stevia, and egg in a bowl, whisking gently.

2. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and butter to a food processor and blend to incorporate the butter. Tip into a large bowl, stir in the chocolate chips, and add the buttermilk mixture. Gently mix until just incorporated. A little more flour may be required if the mixture is too wet.

3. Turn out onto a floured surface and with floured hands gently knead a couple of times to ensure a well formed dough. Shaped into a circle, about 2 cm thick and transfer to a floured baking tray.

4. Brush the top with skim milk, cut into 12 even sized pieces and bake for 18 minutes, until risen and the top golden.

5. Serve warm and store leftovers in an airtight container.


17 comments:

  1. These sound delicious! I love how you made it as one and simply cut it. I'm assuming I can use sugar instead of stevia?

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    1. Yup! You can use sugar =) When you are only using a small amount of stevia like here you can taste no difference at all between stevia and sugar. Perhaps just increase the amount of sugar a bit as stevia is about 3 times as sweet as sugar so you don't need as much to add the right amount of sweetness.

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  2. I have buttermilk in my fridge waiting for a recipe. I love chocolate and scones, I'm going to give this a try. Thanks so much for sharing. I saw you on Who Moved My Coconut Oil.

    Joanne/WineLadyCooks

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    1. You're welcome! So glad you liked the sound of this recipe =)

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  3. Oh I love a chocolate scone. These look so good.

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  4. I am so jealous, I have yet to make scones. You'res look amazing!!!!

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  5. Beautiful idea! I've always dreamt of chocolate chips in my scones. And I love buttermilk! :)

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  6. These look fantastic, and with the chocolate chips I must declare them to be perfect!

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  7. These look delicious! I've been needing some scone inspo and this is perfect!

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  8. What would you use instead for the egg? My daughter can't have that as well as wheat.

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    1. Hi Debbie, so sorry about the rediculous delay in responding - your comment ended up in my moderation pile! Egg could be substituted for canola oil, plain yogurt, or even just a little more buttermilk :) Here's a handy link for you to work out egg substitutions in baking http://chefinyou.com/egg-substitutes-cooking/

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  9. These look delicious but how much butter is needed in grams? Tablespoons mean nothing to me...

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  10. hey there ! these scones look perfect for my chocolate - loving kids ! will a flax meal sub the egg here as we dont cook eggs /...

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    1. Hi Kalyani, I would imagine that whatever you usually do to substitute eggs in a recipe would work just fine :)

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