Chocolate Chip Scones with Vanilla Frosting
buttery and delicious chocolate chip scones with vanilla frosting on top.
Servings: 12 scones
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup salted butter - cold
- 1 cup chocolate chips - semi- sweet milk or dark will work
- 1 cup milk
- vanilla frosting:
- 1/4 cup salted butter - softened
- 1/4 cup milk
- 16 ounces powdered sugar 1 pound bag
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl and mix together.
- Add cold butter into flour and mix it into flour so you have pebble sized chunks throughout the mixture.
- Add the chocolate chips or chunks to the mixture and mix them into flour mixture.
- Add the milk and stir until dough forms and comes together.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a baking sheet. lightly grease parchment with non-stick spray.
- Divide dough into 12 balls and gently press them down, into a disc or round.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let them cool mostly, they can be kind of warm when you frost them.
- In a bowl, mix together the butter, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt and blend until smooth.
- Frost each scone and enjoy!