Raspberry Chocolate Scones
Happy Valentine’s Day! You really don’t need a special reason to make these treats though; they are so easy to make, you can have them ready in no time for breakfast or afternoon tea….or a midnight snack…
Most of the recipe is blended together in a food processor. You can blend together with a hand-held pastry mixer, if you want a pre-scone workout. The texture is light and fluffy, the taste is fresh, and these are truly easy to whip together. Mixed and baked–start to finish–in about 30 minutes!
It has become my Saturday morning routine…
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 Tbs baking powder
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 Tbs butter (cut in slices)
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1 cup ricotta
- 1/3 cup cream (or full fat buttermilk…this adds a little tang… and it’s good)
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Instructions:
In your food processor, add flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and butter and blend until butter is in small pieces. Add frozen raspberries and pulse the mix until the raspberries are just slightly broken up.
Pour contents into a large bowl and add ricotta and cream. Mix flour mixture and wet ingredients together. Add chocolate chips. You may need to add a little more cream to get the mix to hold together.
Generously flour your counter surface and place the mixture on your counter. Form a ball and lightly knead. Pat the dough into a rectangle shape about 5×7 and about 1 inch thick. Cut into 9 square shapes (or you can cut into uniformly sized triangles).
Spray a cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned.
Cool briefly…..
These scones are absolutely gorgeous served with raspberry jam and fresh ricotta!
Skinnychef
May 17, 2013
I’m trying these this weekend! I bought a new mini triangle scone pan. You know what means… lots of crusty edges!
admin
May 18, 2013
ohhh scone pan! never enough kitchen toys.
let me know what you think … the ricotta and cream are key ingredients (and of course the chocolate chips).
I found another scone recipe that I love…I will send it to you 🙂