Chocolate, who doesnt like chocolate?

There have been many studies to date that have identified chocolate as one of the most popular foods to 'relax with'.

Although popular as a stand-alone taste, chocolate is often used in cooking.

Popular recipes for chocolate include chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate biscuits and you've guessed it scones.

We have a chocolate chip scone recipe on our website for you to try!

Chocolate, who doesnt like chocolate?

There have been many studies to date that have identified chocolate as one of the most popular foods to 'relax with'.

Although popular as a stand-alone taste, chocolate is often used in cooking.

Popular recipes for chocolate include chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate biscuits and you've guessed it scones.

We have a chocolate chip scone recipe on our website for you to try!

The most popular toppings for sweet scones are likely to include jam, cream and fruit.

Having recently visited a small cafe abroad, it was interesting to see that the desert menu offered afternoon scones with fresh strawberries and ice cream! 

So if your looking for a desert that is a little different, why not take our Strawberry Scones Recipe and add a little ice cream!

A recipe for Strawberry Scones kindly submitted by D.Robinson

What you will need...

2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour(unsifted)
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 cup Strawberries
2 teaspoons of Baking powder
6 x tablespoons Butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2/3 cup Milk

Heat oven to 425 deg.  Slice strawberries into 1/2 inch pieces and set aside.

In large mixing bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add in the butter. With 2 knives slice in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in reserved strawberries; toss well to coat. Add milk all at once. With fork, lightly toss together until mixture holds together. With floured hands gently form into ball. On floured board with floured rolling pin roll out dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough into 2 1/2 inch circles with floured biscuit cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake until golden, about 12 minutes; serve warm with whipped cream.

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So you have baked your scones and they have been cooled ready to serve?

Although fine on their own, the taste of scones can be greatly enhanced using a variety of toppings to add to your recipes.

Some popular scone recipe toppings are as follows:

Strawberry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Clotted Cream
Apricot Jam
Cheese
Cranberries
Orange Marmalade
Lemon Curd
Orange Butter (Orange Marmalade mixed with butter)
Butter

The topping you choose will greatly depend on the type of scone you are serving - savoury or sweet etc.

Many countries have their own variation of what many people know today as 'the scone'.

In the USA for example, especially in some states such as Idaho and Utah the word 'scone' is used often to refer to a flat bread that has been deep fried.

These scones are often served with a dip such as honey or jam and are eaten in a similar way to one would eat nachos.

Watch the video below to see some flatbread being made.

A Recipe For Scotch Scones submitted to us by an anonymous reader.

Scotch Scones

Serving Size : 15
Categories : Scones

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/3 cup Shortening
1/2 cup Oats -- uncooked
2/3 cup Milk
1 tablespoon Baking powder
3/4 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups Sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup Currants
1/4 cup Sugar

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into mixing bowl. Mix in shortening until the mix looks like crumbs. Add in oats & currants. 

Mix in milk; stir until dry ingredients are moist. Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas. Knead gently a few seconds. Flatten out to 1/4-inch thickness.

Cut with shaped cutter. Brush lightly with melted butter; sprinkle with sugar. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (425 F.)  for 15 mins. Serve hot.

This recipe for Chocolate scones was kindly submitted by John Mckenzie of Sydney, Australia and makes eight scones.

Scone recipe ingredients...

1/3 cup Sugar
4 teaspoons Baking powder
4 cups Unsiftcd all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 1/3 cups Buttermilk
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
2/3 cup Butter
2 1-oz squares semisweet -- chocolate, melted

Heat oven to 425'F. Grease large baking sheet. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.

With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the butter in until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Remove 1 1/4 C flour mixture to medium-size bowl. In small bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla. In cup, combine 1/4 C buttermilk mixture and the chocolate.

Add remaining buttermilk mixture to remaining flour mixture in large bowl and mix lightly with fork until it clings together and forms a soft dough. Add chocolate mixture to the reserved 1 1/4 C flour mixture in medium-size bowl and stir with fork until it forms a soft dough. Turn both doughs out onto lightly floured surface; divide chocolate dough into 6 pieces.

Dot 3 chocolate pieces over surface of plain dough. Fold plain dough over and dot with remaining 3 pieces chocolate dough; knead 5 or 6 times to marbleize dough.

Divide dough in half. With lightly floured rolling pin, roll one half of dough into a 7-inch round. Cut into 4 wedges. Repeat with remaining half of dough.

Place scones, 1 inch apart, on greased baking sheet. Pierce tops with tines of fork. Bake scones 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

This recipe was kindly submitted to us and is a recipe for Date Scones.

The recipe produces scones that are allegedly similar to the date scones sold in Starbucks but scone-recipes.com cannot verify this.

The recipes makes 10 scones

You will need the following for your scones

1/2 cup Whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1/4 cup Bran
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/2 cup Unsalted butter
1/4 cup Brown sugar
1 Egg
2/3 cup Buttermilk
2/3 cup dates (chopped)

Mix the all-purpose and whole wheat flours together in a large bowl. Add in the baking powder, bran, soda, salt, cinnamon and brown sugar.

Next you need slice the butter into the scone mix.

Next Add the egg, buttermilk and dates.

Shape the scone mix dough into a square about 1 inch thick on a floured area. Cut into 10 wedges.

Bake on an baking sheet in a preheated 350-degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

Cool on a wire rack.

Welcome to the new scone recipes blog.

This blog will be used to promote new scone recipes and to discuss baking hints and tips for fans of the scone!

Watch this space...coming soon is a starbucks copycat scone recipe!