White Chocolate Chip Scones Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, combine egg and cream; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead gently 6-8 times. Pat into a 6-in. circle. Cut dough into 6 wedges. Separate wedges and place 1 in. on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

WHITE CHOCOLATE SCONES

Steps:

• Lightly grease a baking pan and preheat oven to 400°.
• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
• Cut the butter into small pieces and incorporate into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter, or a fork, until evenly incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg and buttermilk together and stir lightly into the flour mixture.
• Mix in the chips.
• Knead dough together, just until mixed.
• This is a fairly wet dough-do not add too much flour or handle too much or the scones will get tough.
• On a lightly floured surface, pat or roll the dough out to about 1-inch thick.
• Cut with a round 2-inch floured cookie cutter.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake about 15 minutes, or until scones are a light golden brown.
• Serve with jam and whipped cream.

WHITE-CHOCOLATE-CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest, whisking well.
• Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add white chocolate morsels, stirring to combine. Set aside.
• In a liquid-measuring cup, combine cream (reserving 1 tablespoon for brushing) and vanilla extract. Add to flour mixture, stirring to combine. (If dough seems dry, add more cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is uniformly moist.) Working gently, bring mixture together with hands until a dough forms.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 4 to 5 times. Using a rolling pin, roll dough to a ½-inch thickness. Using a 2-inch round scalloped-edge cutter, cut rounds from dough. Place scones 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Brush tops of scones with reserved 1 tablespoon cream.
• Bake until edges are golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the centers comes out clean, approximately 17 minutes.
• Serve warm.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda together in a large mixing bowl. Grate in frozen butter and stir well, making sure butter doesn't stick together. Stir in raspberries and white chocolate chips. Mix in yogurt, egg, vanilla extract, and lemon zest until combined, making sure not to overmix dough.
• Place dough on a floured surface. Cut scones out using a large biscuit cutter ad place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove scones from the oven and sprinkle tops with confectioners' sugar.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil scones in the hot oven until sugar melts, about 30 seconds. Remove from the oven and let cool before enjoying.

CRANBERRY AND WHITE CHOCOLATE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a bowl by hand or using an electric mixer, blend together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter.
• Add the half and half, beaten egg, cranberries (I like the dried ones), and the white chocolate chips, and stir until the dough holds together.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead for 2 minutes.
• Form into a 1/2-inch thick round, then cut the round into 8 wedges (you can also make two smaller rounds of smaller wedges, if you like).
• Spray a baking sheet with vegetable oil, then transfer the wedges to the sheet.
• Bake the scones at 400 degrees F for 14 minutes or until golden brown.

APRICOT AND WHITE CHOCOLATE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons apricots for topping. Stir remaining apricots and 1/3 cup vanilla baking chips into crumbly mixture. Stir in egg and just enough half-and-half so dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
• On lightly floured surface, knead dough lightly 10 times. Pat or roll into 8-inch round on cookie sheet. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; carefully separate wedges.
• Place melted baking chips in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; pipe small amount of melted chips over scones. Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons apricots. Pipe remaining melted chips over scones. Serve warm or cool.