Chocolate Almond Scones

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 6 tablespoons half-and-half (can use milk, but 1/2 and 1/2 is better)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• chocolate chips (as many as desired)
• sliced almonds (optional)
• 1 egg (just the whites)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees. cut butter into flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt with a pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• 2 stir in one egg, almond extract, and half and half. (can add more half and half if the dough isn't coming away from the bowl.)
• 3 add chocolate chips and almonds. i find it easiest to mix the dough with my hands.
• 4 take the dough in your hands and form 8 large balls. set the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet. they don't have to be smooth -- the dough will be sticky to work with.
• 5 brush scones with egg .
• 6 bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• 7 immediately remove from the cookie sheet and cool on a cooling rack.