Cherry and Chocolate Scones
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Served Person: 16
- 1 cup- dried cherries (i used morello cherries)
- 1 cup-port or any other sweet wine or orange juice (
- 4 cups- all purpose flour
- 8 tsp- baking powder
- 2 tsp.-baking soda
- 1/2 cup-chilled butter
- 2- eggs, large
- 1 cup-milk
- 1/2 cup- chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
- 1-2 tbsp.- half and half/single cream for brushing
- Carbohydrate 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0 g
- Fiber 0 g
- Protein 0 g
- Saturated Fat 0 g
- Serving Size 1 1 -18 (0g)
- Sodium 0 mg
- Sugar 0 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Calories 0 calories
Preheat oven to 400F/200CSoak cherries in port or orange juice.Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.Cut butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or pulse it in a food processor until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.Beat the eggs and milk with a fork.Drain your cherries.Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in your milk and eggs, cherries and chocolate, mix well until you form a soft dough. (If your dough is too sticky add a bit of flour).Turn out on a floured surface and roll it out ¾" thick.Cut scones with a round pastry cutter. You will have 16-18 scones.Place on a parchment lined cookies sheet, and brush the tops of your scones with half & half or single cream. Sprinkle with a bit of sugar if desired. (These scones don't have any sugar added to them except for chocolate chunks).Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.Serve hot with butter or clotted cream and your favourite jam.
