Chocolate scones - Christmas tree scones

I was very much looking forward to bake this one and was in my pending list for long time. I got mesmerized to it while watching Gemma's bigger bolder baking channel in YouTube. She was presenting making of Irish scones and the way she explained was so easy to comprehend and found it an interesting recipe with minimal items and effort.

So I decided that scones should be part of my Christmas bakes and surprisingly this scones took it's place as the first baking I did in my new oven.

But the chocolate scones is inspired from home cooking adventure you tube channel with some variations, coz I wanted a Christmas tree look for them and a melt in mouth chocolatey effect. Also the ingredients , as I m a chocolate lover, I made sure that every type of chocolate available should be in.

The name says it all, triple chocolate scones, which has three types of chocolates added, chocolate powder, chocolate chips and chopped dark chocolate for topping. In my new oven I could see how the baking goes and I enjoyed the steps.

Over to the recipe now.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup

Butter cold, cut into cubes - 3/4 cup
Brown sugar - 1/2 cup
White sugar - 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Buttermilk - 1/4 cup
Eggs - 1 nos
Chopped dark chocolate - 1/4 cup
Dark chocolate chips - 1/2 cup

To brush before baking

Eggs, beaten - 1 nos

Chocolate chips and chopped chocolates - 1/4 cup

Topping

Confectioneries sugar - 1 cup

Milk - 3 to 4 tbsp

Tutti fruitti - green and red

Right from the Oven

Christmas attire :)

Method:

Sift together dry ingredients, including sugar in a bowl and cut in the cold butter pieces until the flour forms pea sized lumps. Mix egg and buttermilk together and pour it to the flour mix. Roughly mix to form dough. Do not overmix. Yes in bold, because the rough mix dough is best for scones. Fold in chocolate chips and chopped chocolates. Roll it to a 0.75 cm thickness disk and cut into triangles. You can even cut into round shapes. Apply egg wash and top with more chocolate chips before baking. Bake in preheated oven at 180 C for 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool in a wire rack and serve.

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