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Guittard Chocolate Cherry Scones

Try this simple but delicious recipe for Chocolate Cherry Scones using Guittard 63% Dark Chocolate Chips.

Whether it's scone as in stone, or scone as in gone, we can all agree on one thing - these are delicious!

You will need:

176g Unsalted butter 
500g Plain flour
72g Caster sugar
¾ tsp salt
25g Baking powder
5g Bicarbonate of Soda
265g Buttermilk
2 Eggs
163g Guittard Extra Dark Chocolate Chips
100g Almonds
100g Dried cherries
Egg wash

Method:

•    Preheat oven to 375°F. 
•    Cut butter into flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. 
•    Mix the buttermilk and eggs together then stream into above mixture. Mix slightly to gather into a soft dough. 
•    Incorporate chips, almonds and cherries. 
•    Form dough into 3 patties, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. 
•    Slice each patty into 6 triangles and place onto lined baking sheet. 
•    Bake about 15 minutes and allow to cool completely

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