Description
Delicious chocolate chip hazelnut scones that are perfect for breakfast or a snack.
Ingredients
Scale
- 80 ml Milk (room temp; see notes for options)
- 60 g Unsweetened Plain Yogurt (or greek style yogurt; see notes for options)
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 250 g All-Purpose Flour
- 50 g Light Brown Sugar
- 1½ tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 110 g Salted Butter (cold & cut into cubes; see notes for options)
- 185 g Mini Chocolate Chips
- 85 g Hazelnuts (chopped and toasted)
- 1 tbsp Cane Sugar (or Demerara sugar)
- 2–3 tbsp Milk or Cream (see notes for options)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
- Lightly toast the hazelnuts and chop them coarse
- In a bowl combine flour, light brown sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix well.
- Add cold butter. Mix using a pastry cutter or a fork until it becomes a sandy texture.
- Add milk, yogurt and vanilla. Mix just until it starts to come together, do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and hazelnuts.
- Flour a flat surface and place dough down, lightly sprinkling more flour on top.
- Knead very lightly until it comes together, adding more flour as needed to avoid sticking.
- Shape into a circle about 1 inch thick.
- Cut into 8 pieces like a pizza, you may need to flour your knife in between cuts to avoid sticking.
- Chill the dough for 1 hour or freeze it overnight.
- Place scones on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, brush with cream/milk and sprinkle cane sugar.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes, or just until they become golden brown, and the bottoms begin to brown.
- Let them cool on the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
- For room temperature milk, simply take it out of the fridge 30 minutes before using.
- You can use Greek yogurt as a substitute for unsweetened plain yogurt.
- Ensure the butter is cold and cubed to achieve the desired texture in the scones.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 scone
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg