Marble Scones

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 425f.
• 2 grease large baking sheet.
• 3 in large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• 4 with pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 5 remove 1 1/4 c.
• 6 flour mixture to medium-size bowl.
• 7 in small bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla.
• 8 in cup, combine 1/4 c.
• 9 buttermilk mixture and chocolate.
• 10 add remaining buttermilk mixture to remaining flour mixture in large bowl and mix lightly with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.
• 11 add chocolate mixture to the1 1/4 c.
• 12 flour mixture and stir with fork until it forms a soft dough.
• 13 turn both doughs out onto lightly floured surface; divide chocolate dough into 6 pieces.
• 14 dot 3 chocolate pieces over surface of plain dough.
• 15 fold dough over and dot with remaininng 3 pieces; knead gently 5-6 times to marbelize dough.
• 16 divide dough in half.
• 17 with lightly floured rolling pin, roll one half into a 7" round.
• 18 cut into 4 wedges.
• 19 repeat with remaining half of dough.
• 20 place scones, 1" apart, on greased baking sheet.
• 21 pierce tops with tines of fork.
• 22 bake scones 15-18 min.
• 23 or until golden brown.
• 24 serve warm.