Sunbutter Scones

So. I wanted to bake before it starts getting to warm for me to bake (Baking in the summer isn’t for me.) I’ve never done scones before and these looked easy and good.

They, my friend, are definitely easy and GOOD.

Here’s a tip, though: Scone dough is dry. I was NOT prepared for that, I was getting ready to wet it with my tears. But I figured it out. It’s kind of like biscuit dough—you don’t want to overwork it, or else they’ll be flat. And like biscuits, if the dough is too dry, add a teeny bit of liquid until the dough is workable.

Another tip: Freeze your butter and use a box grater to cut the butter into the dough. Game changer for real.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour or gluten free baking powder (Bob’s Red Mill is really good)

3 Tablespoons granulated white sugar

1 Tablespoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon table salt

5 Tablespoons unsalted butter chilled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes (Miyoko’s Creamery is a great vegan substitute)

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate)

1 cup heavy cream (or Country Crock plant cream)

1/2 cup Vanilla Sea Salt Sunbutter

For the glaze

• 1/2 cup (57 g) confectioners sugar

• 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream (or plant cream)

• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 Tablespoons Vanilla Sea Salt Sunbutter

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

• Whisk together your flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.

• Use a box grater to grate butter into flour mixture. (You can also cut into pea-size pieces with a food processor. i just wasn’t about to clean a food processor too.)

• Stir in your mini chocolate chips.

• Add in your heavy cream and Sunbutter and stir to combine.

• Turn your dough onto a floured surface and knead 5-10 times to incorporate the floury bits.

• Pat into a 8-inch circle of dough and cut into 8 wedges.

• Transfer your scones (carefully!) to your baking sheet. Bake them for 15 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.

• In a small bowl, whisk together glaze ingredients. Adjust consistency as needed. Drizzle over cooled scones.