Another recipe made without eggs wohoo sorry I posted this one a bit late and after shravan.

We had some cherries left over so decided to make these scones and also the idea of chunky chocolate and almonds definately got me drooling. 

I think for me I would rather use chocolate chunks instead of chips. I usually get a bar of chocolate and cut it up into chunky pieces.

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Chocolate, cherry and almond scones
Yields 16
Delicious chocolate cherry scone
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Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
Ingredients
  1. 31/4 - cups flour
  2. 2 tbs - granulated sugar (I used 1/2 cup)
  3. 21/2 tsp - baking powder
  4. 1/2 tsp - baking soda
  5. 1/2 tsp - salt
  6. 3/4 cups - cold butter, cut into pieces
  7. 1 cup - buttermilk
  8. 2 tsp - vanilla extract
  9. 11/2 cups - fresh cherries, pitted and chopped
  10. 3/4 cup good - quality dark chocolate morsels
  11. 1/2 cup - sliced almonds
Topping
  1. melted butter
  2. raw sugar for sprinkling on top
Instructions
  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. 2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Crumble the mixture until it resembles crumbs.
  3. 3. Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla extract. Fold in the cherries, dark chocolate, and almonds using a spoon or your hands.
  4. 4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes. If the dough seems sticky, add more flour. Flatten out the dough to make a 2" thickness and using a pastry cutter cut the scones out and placing straight on the baking sheet. Repeat process until you make all the scones.
  5. 5. Brush each scone with some melted butter. Sprinkle some raw sugar on top. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the scones start to turn golden around the edges.
Notes
  1. I had to add a lot more flour as the dough was really wet! I'm not sure if that's the case for you but just in case you may need extra flour.
  2. I am a bit of a sweet tooth and I'm glad I added the extra sugar, although I could have added more as I wasn't the only one who said the scones weren't that sweet.
Adapted from Eat drink love
Adapted from Eat drink love
http://loveeatsleepfood.com/
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