Strawberry White Chocolate Scones
Whether you were or whether you weren't a scone fan before, this recipe for Strawberry White Chocolate Scones will make a believer out of you! It is the PERFECT coffee accompaniment! The flaky dough bakes up to have a pie crust like consistency on the bottom. The center is a moist biscuit like texture dotted throughout with fresh tart strawberries and sweet white chocolate chips. While the top has a wonderful light brown crispiness to it...*drool.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter *cold
- 1 cup buttermilk *see tips
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp lemon juice *juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1-1/2 cups strawberries *diced
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 egg for eggwash
Instructions
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*If making your buttermilk see notes!* Mix your buttermilk first so it has time to sit!*
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Add Flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk together. Cut COLD butter into cubes and cut into the flour using a pastry cutter or two knives.
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Lightly toss strawberries into flour mixture to coat the strawberries.
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Pour vanilla and lemon juice into buttermilk and mix. Measure 1 cup of the buttermilk mixture and add to flour mixture. Using a fork toss the mixture just until flour is mostly incorporated. *Only add the remaining buttermilk mixture if dough is too dry and flour won't incorporate.
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Add Chocolate Chips and mix into the dough.
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Lightly flour clean counter top and dump out the dough. Fold the dough over itself a few times with hands until all flour/ chocolate chips are incorporated into the dough. Place dough ball on a piece of parchment or saran wrap and shape into a long rectangle approximately 1" thick.
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Make sure dough it tightly wrapped and place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Cut dough into triangles and place 2" apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Whisk 1 egg and brush the tops and sides of scones before placing in the oven. Bake 25 minutes before Checking that the tops are golden brown and baked through!
Recipe Notes
*To make buttermilk pour 1 cup of milk (either 2% or Homogenized Milk) and add 1 Tbsp of Vinegar OR Lemon Juice and let sit for 10 minutes. The milk may then look slightly curdled which is perfect.